ATBECHDEDKESFRGBGRITLILUNLSEMCPTIESILTLVFIROMKCYALTRBGCZEEHUPLSKBAHRIS..MTNORSMESMMA................JJDIM360 Ver 1.28 (29 Oct 2014) - 1100000/02949649EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATIONA120151202EP15168574.0201505212015052120150828enenen1417056520140530EP1417194120140611EP2015120220154920151202201549C07D 249/08 20060101AFI20150810BHEP A01N 43/653 20060101ALI20150810BHEP deFUNGIZID SUBSTITUIERTE [1,2,4]TRIAZOL UND IMIDAZOL VERBINDUNGENenFUNGICIDE SUBSTITUTED [1,2,4]TRIAZOLE AND IMIDAZOLE COMPOUNDSfrCOMPOSÉS SUBSTITUÉS FONGICIDES [1,2,3]TRIAZOLE ET IMIDAZOLEBASF SE1010055180000077106-367056 LudwigshafenDEGrammenos, WassiliosAlexander-Fleming-Str. 1367071 LudwigshafenDEBoudet, NadegeAdalbert-Stifter-Ring 269493 HirschbergDEMueller, BerndStockingerstr. 767227 FrankenthalDEQuintero Palomar, Maria AngelicaRheinhäuser Straße 4768165 MannheimDEEscribano Cuesta, AnaL8, 568161 MannheimDELauterwasser, Erica May WilsonBürklin-Wolf-Strasse 3967157 WachenheimDELohmann, Jan KlaasMühltorstr 2a67245 LambsheimDEGrote, ThomasIm Höhnhausen 1867157 WachenheimDEKretschmer, ManuelKrappmühlstr. 1568165 MannheimDECraig, Ian RobertCarl-Bosch-Straße 7067063 LudwigshafenDEALATBEBGCHCYCZDEDKEEESFIFRGBGRHRHUIEISITLILTLULVMCMKMTNLNOPLPTRORSSESISKSMTRBAMEMA

The present invention relates to compounds of the formula I wherein the variables are defined in the claims and description, and to the preparation and uses thereof.

The present invention relates to substituted [1,2,4]triazole and imidazole compounds and the N-oxides and the salts thereof for combating phytopathogenic fungi, and to the use and methods for combating phytopathogenic fungi and to seeds coated with at least one such compound. The invention also relates to processes for preparing these compounds, intermediates, processes for preparing such intermediates, and to compositions comprising at least one compound I.

DE 3430833 relates to alpha-(ethynylphenyl)-alpha-hydrocarbyl-1 H-azol-1-ethanoles and their use as fungicides.

In many cases, in particular at low application rates, the fungicidal activity of the known fungicidal compounds is unsatisfactory. Based on this, it was an object of the present invention to provide compounds having improved activity and/or a broader activity spectrum against phytopathogenic harmful fungi.

Surprisingly, this object is achieved by the use of the inventive substituted [1,2,4]triazole and imidazole compounds of formula I having favorable fungicidal activity against phytopathogenic fungi.

Accordingly, the present invention relates, to the compounds of the formula I wherein

A
is CH or N;
R1
is C1-C6-alkyl, C2-C6-alkenyl, C2-C6-alkynyl or C3-C6-cycloalkyl;
wherein the aliphatic moieties of R1 are not further substituted or carry one, two, three or up to the maximum possible number of identical or different groups R1a which independently of one another are selected from: wherein the cycloalkyl moieties of R1 are not further substituted or carry one, two, three, four, five or up to the maximum number of identical or different groups R1b which independently of one another are selected from: wherein the aliphatic moieties of R2 are not further substituted or carry one, two, three or up to the maximum possible number of identical or different groups R2a which independently of one another are selected from: wherein and the N-oxides and the agriculturally acceptable salts thereof.

Compounds I can be accessed from compounds II by using a suitable cross coupling method known to a skilled person. In particular, compounds II can be reacted with alkynes in the presence of a transition metal catalyst such as copper(I) salts, palladium, platinum, rhodium, iridium or aluminium complexes. Preferably CuI, Pd(PPh3)Cl2 or Pd(PPh3)4 or Pd(dppf)2Cl2, or mixtures thereof are used in a solvent (such as THF, DMF, MeCN, NEt3, Et(iPr2)N, pyrrolidine, piperidine, pyridine, diethylamine) and using a base (such as NEt3, Et(iPr2)N, pyrrolidine, piperidine, pyridine, diethylamine). (See e.g. Tetrahedron: Asymmetry, 18(17), 2086-2090; 2007; Angewandte Chemie, International Edition, 43(29), 3814-3818; 2004; Organometallics, 25(24), 5768-5773; 2006) "Hal" in compound II is Br, Cl or F, preferably, Hal is Br or Cl. It may be appropriate to exchange these halogens in compounds II by an iodide (resulting in compounds IIa, see below) using a method described in Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2002, 124, 14844-14845 before following the procedure described above.

It may be appropriate to prepare compounds I in an alternative manner as follows: Compounds Ia can be exposed to a strong base, preferably n-BuLi, in a solvent, preferably THF at low temperatures and subsequent addition of an electrophile Z-E, wherein E is either a nucleophilically replaceable leaving group such as halogen, alkylsulfonyl, alkylsulfonyloxy and arylsulfonyloxy or a suitable electrophile, preferably an aldehyde.

Compounds of type Ia can be synthesized from compounds Ib by exposure to conditions which either involve a base (preferably K2CO3) in a protic solvent (preferably MeOH) or a source of fluoride (preferably but not limited to tetra-butyl ammonium fluoride) in a suitable solvent such as THF, MeCN.

Compounds I, wherein R2 is different from hydrogen can be obtained from alcohol compounds I (R2=H) by reacting the alcohol compound with R2-LG, wherein LG represents a nucleophilically replaceable leaving group, such as halogen, alkylsulfonyl, alkylsulfonyloxy and arylsulfonyloxy, preferably chloro, bromo or iodo, particularly preferably bromo, preferably in the presence of a base, such as for example, NaH in a suitable solvent such as THF.

Halo compounds II can be obtained as follows. For example, a phenyliodide of type V bearing additional substituents with HaI preferably being Br can be transformed into an acetophenone of type IVa by several methods known to a skilled person. Preferably, V is transformed into a Grignard reagent by the reaction with a suitable transmetallation agent such as iso-propyl magnesium chloride under inert conditions in an ethereal solvent such as THF and reacted with acetyl chloride. If necessary, an additive such as LaCl3, CuCl2, AlCl3 or mixtures hereof can be added. Acetyl compounds of type IVa can be halogenated using a method known to the skilled person. Preferably, IVa is chlorinated using a chlorination agent such as Cl2, NCS or SO2Cl2 to afford α-chloro ketones of type IVb which subsequently can be treated with an appropriate organometal-lic species, preferably a Grignard compound, to furnish a tertiary alcohol of type IIIa:

Exposure of IIIa to a suitable azole compound in the presence of base leads to the formation of compounds of type II through nucleophilic replacement of the chloride:

Alternatively, intermediate compounds of type II can be prepared as follows: Compounds V can be transformed into their respective Grignard analoga using the methodology described above before being treated with an appropriate acid chloride to furnish compounds of type VI:

Thereafter, intermediates IV are e.g. reacted with trimethylsulf(ox)onium halides, preferably iodide, preferably in the presence of a base such as sodium hydride, to result in epoxides III.

The epoxides III are then reacted with 1H-1,2,4-triazole preferably in the presence of a base such as potassium carbonate and preferably in the presence of an organic solvent such as DMF to obtain intermediate II.

The N-oxides may be prepared from the inventive compounds according to conventional oxidation methods, e. g. by treating compounds I with an organic peracid such as metachloroper-benzoic acid (cf. WO 03/64572 or J. Med. Chem. 38(11), 1892-903, 1995); or with inorganic oxidizing agents such as hydrogen peroxide (cf. J. Heterocyc. Chem. 18(7), 1305-8, 1981) or oxone (cf. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 123(25), 5962-5973, 2001). The oxidation may lead to pure mono-N-oxides or to a mixture of different N-oxides, which can be separated by conventional methods such as chromatography.

If the synthesis yields mixtures of isomers, a separation is generally not necessarily required since in some cases the individual isomers can be interconverted during work-up for use or during application (e. g. under the action of light, acids or bases). Such conversions may also take place after use, e. g. in the treatment of plants in the treated plant, or in the harmful fungus to be controlled.

In the following, the intermediate compounds are further described. A skilled person will readily understand that the preferences for the substituents, also in particular the ones given in the tables below for the respective substituents, given herein in connection with compounds I apply for the intermediates accordingly. Thereby, the substituents in each case have independently of each other or more preferably in combination the meanings as defined herein.

Compounds of formula V are at least partially new. Consequently, a further embodiment of the present invention are compounds of formula V (see above), wherein the variables are as defined and preferably defined for formula I herein.

Compounds of formula IV are at least partially new. Consequently, a further embodiment of the present invention are compounds of formula IV (see above), wherein the variables are as defined and preferably defined for formula I herein.

Compounds of formula IVa are at least partially new. Consequently, a further embodiment of the present invention are compounds of formula IVa (see above), wherein the variables are as defined and preferably defined for formula I herein.

Compounds of formula IVb are at least partially new. Consequently, a further embodiment of the present invention are compounds of formula IVb (see above), wherein the variables are as defined and preferably defined for formula I herein.

Compounds of formula III are at least partially new. Consequently, a further embodiment of the present invention are compounds of formula III (see above), wherein the variables are as defined and preferably defined for formula I herein.

Compounds of formula IIIa are at least partially new. Consequently, a further embodiment of the present invention are compounds of formula IIIa (see above), wherein the variables are as defined and preferably defined for formula I herein.

Compounds of formula II are at least partially new. Consequently, a further embodiment of the present invention are compounds of formula II (see above), wherein the variables are as defined and preferably defined for formula I herein. In particular, a further embodiment of the present invention are compounds of formula II, wherein Hal stands for iodide (compounds IIa):

In particular, A stands for N. Preferred R1 can be found in the description for formula I. In particular with a view to their use, according to one embodiment, preference is given to the compounds IIa, wherein A is N and the combination of R1 and R3 for each individual compound IIa corresponds to one line of table R13 (compounds IIa-1 to compounds IIa-637).

According to one embodiment, in compounds IIa A is N, R3 is H and R1 is selected from the R1 as given in Table P1 below, namely selected from P1-1 to P1-138 for each individual compound IIa.

Compounds II and IIa, respectively, can also be suitable as fungicides as decribed later.

In the definitions of the variables given above, collective terms are used which are generally representative for the substituents in question. The term "Cn-Cm" indicates the number of carbon atoms possible in each case in the substituent or substituent moiety in question.

The term "halogen" refers to fluorine, chlorine, bromine and iodine.

The term "C1-C6-alkyl" refers to a straight-chained or branched saturated hydrocarbon group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, e.g. methyl, ethyl, propyl, 1-methylethyl, butyl, 1-methylpropyl, 2-methylpropyl, 1,1-dimethylethyl, pentyl, 1-methylbutyl, 2-methylbutyl, 3-methylbutyl, 2,2-dimethylpropyl, 1-ethylpropyl, 1,1-dimethylpropyl, 1,2-dimethylpropyl, hexyl, 1-methylpentyl, 2-methylpentyl, 3-methylpentyl, 4-methylpentyl, 1,1-dimethylbutyl, 1,2-dimethylbutyl, 1,3-dimethylbutyl, 2,2-dimethylbutyl, 2,3-dimethylbutyl, 3,3-dimethylbutyl, 1-ethylbutyl, 2-ethylbutyl, 1,1,2-trimethylpropyl, 1,2,2-trimethylpropyl, 1-ethyl-1-methylpropyl and 1-ethyl-2-methylpropyl. Likewise, the term "C2-C4-alkyl" refers to a straight-chained or branched alkyl group having 2 to 4 carbon atoms, such as ethyl, propyl (n-propyl), 1-methylethyl (iso-propoyl), butyl, 1-methylpropyl (sec.-butyl), 2-methylpropyl (iso-butyl), 1,1-dimethylethyl (tert.-butyl).

The term "C1-C6-haloalkyl" refers to an alkyl group having 1 or 6 carbon atoms as defined above, wherein some or all of the hydrogen atoms in these groups may be replaced by halogen atoms as mentioned above. Examples are "C1-C2-haloalkyl" groups such as chloromethyl, bromomethyl, dichloromethyl, trichloromethyl, fluoromethyl, difluoromethyl, trifluoromethyl, chlorofluoromethyl, dichlorofluoromethyl, chlorodifluoromethyl, 1-chloroethyl, 1-bromoethyl, 1-fluoroethyl, 2-fluoroethyl, 2,2-difluoroethyl, 2,2,2-trifluoroethyl, 2-chloro-2-fluoroethyl, 2-chloro-2,2-difluoroethyl, 2,2-dichloro-2-fluoroethyl, 2,2,2-trichloroethyl or pentafluoroethyl.

The term "C1-C6-hydroxyalkyl" refers to an alkyl group having 1 or 6 carbon atoms as defined above, wherein some or all of the hydrogen atoms in these groups may be replaced by OH groups.

The term "C2-C6-alkenyl" refers to a straight-chain or branched unsaturated hydrocarbon radical having 2 to 6 carbon atoms and a double bond in any position. Examples are "C2-C4-alkenyl" groups, such as ethenyl, 1-propenyl, 2-propenyl (allyl), 1-methylethenyl, 1-butenyl, 2-butenyl, 3-butenyl, 1-methyl-1-propenyl, 2-methyl-1-propenyl, 1-methyl-2-propenyl, 2-methyl-2-propenyl.

The term "C2-C6-alkynyl" refers to a straight-chain or branched unsaturated hydrocarbon radical having 2 to 6 carbon atoms and containing at least one triple bond. Examples are "C2-C4-alkynyl" groups, such as ethynyl, prop-1-ynyl, prop-2-ynyl (propargyl), but-1-ynyl, but-2-ynyl, but-3-ynyl, 1-methyl-prop-2-ynyl.

The term "C3-C6-cycloalkyl" refers to monocyclic saturated hydrocarbon radicals having 3 to 6 carbon ring members, such as cyclopropyl, cyclobutyl, cyclopentyl, cyclohexyl.

The term "C3-C6-cycloalkenyl" refers to a monocyclic partially unsaturated 3-, 4- 5- or 6-membered carbocycle having 3 to 6 carbon ring members and at least one double bond, such as cyclopentenyl, cyclopentadienyl, cyclohexadienyl.

The term "C3-C8-cycloalkyl-C1-C4-alkyl" refers to alkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms (as defined above), wherein one hydrogen atom of the alkyl radical is replaced by a cycloalkyl radical having 3 to 8 carbon atoms (as defined above).

The term "C1-C6-alkoxy" refers to a straight-chain or branched alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms which is bonded via an oxygen, at any position in the alkyl group. Examples are "C1-C4-alkoxy" groups, such as methoxy, ethoxy, n-propoxy, 1-methylethoxy, butoxy, 1-methyhpropoxy, 2-methylpropoxy or 1,1-dimethylethoxy.

The term "C1-C6-haloalkoxy" refers to a C1-C6-alkoxy radical as defined above, wherein some or all of the hydrogen atoms in these groups may be replaced by halogen atoms as mentioned above. Examples are "C1-C4-haloalkoxy" groups, such as OCH2F, OCHF2, OCF3, OCH2Cl, OCHCl2, OCCl3, chlorofluoromethoxy, dichlorofluoromethoxy, chlorodifluoromethoxy, 2-fluoro-ethoxy, 2-chloroethoxy, 2-bromoethoxy, 2-iodoethoxy, 2,2-difluoroethoxy, 2,2,2-trifluoroethoxy, 2-chloro-2-fluoroethoxy, 2-chloro-2,2-difluoroethoxy, 2,2-dichloro-2-fluoroethoxy, 2,2,2-tri-chloro¬ethoxy, OC2F5, 2-fluoropropoxy, 3-fluoropropoxy, 2,2-difluoropropoxy, 2,3-difluoro¬propoxy, 2 chloropropoxy, 3-chloropropoxy, 2,3-dichloropropoxy, 2-bro-mo¬propoxy, 3 bromopropoxy, 3,3,3-trifluoropropoxy, 3,3,3-trichloropropoxy, OCH2-C2F5, OCF2-C2F5, 1-fluoromethyl-2-fluoroethoxy, 1-chloromethyl-2-chloroethoxy, 1-bromomethyl-2-bromo¬ethoxy, 4-fluorobutoxy, 4-chlorobutoxy, 4-bromobutoxy or nonafluorobutoxy.

The term "C1-C4-alkoxy-C1-C4-alkyl" refers to alkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms (as defined above), wherein one hydrogen atom of the alkyl radical is replaced by a C1-C4-alkoxy group (as defined above). Likewise, the term "C1-C6-alkoxy-C1-C4-alkyl" refers to alkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms (as defined above), wherein one hydrogen atom of the alkyl radical is replaced by a C1-C6-alkoxy group (as defined above).

The term "C1-C6-alkylthio" as used herein refers to straight-chain or branched alkyl groups having 1 to 6 carbon atoms (as defined above) bonded via a sulfur atom. Accordingly, the term "C1-C6-haloalkylthio" as used herein refers to straight-chain or branched haloalkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms (as defined above) bonded through a sulfur atom, at any position in the haloal-kyl group.

The term "C1-C6-alkylsulfinyl" refers to straight-chain or branched alkyl groups having 1 to 6 carbon atoms (as defined above) bonded through a -S(=O)- moiety, at any position in the alkyl group, for example methylsulfinyl and ethylsulfinyl, and the like. Accordingly, the term "C1-C6-haloalkylsulfinyl" refers to straight-chain or branched haloalkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms (as defined above), bonded through a -S(=O)- moiety, at any position in the haloalkyl group.

The term "C1-C6-alkylsulfonyl" refers to straight-chain or branched alkyl groups having 1 to 6 carbon atoms (as defined above), bonded through a -S(=O)2- moiety, at any position in the alkyl group, for example methylsulfonyl. Accordingly, the term "C1-C6-haloalkylsulfonyl" refers to straight-chain or branched haloalkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms (as defined above), bonded through a -S(=O)2- moiety, at any position in the haloalkyl group.

The term "C3-C8-cycloalkyl-C3-C8-cycloalkyl" refers to a cycloalkyl radical having 3 to 8 carbon atoms (as defined above), which is substituted by a further cycloalkyl radical having 3 to 8 carbon atoms.

The term "C3-C8-cycloalkoxy" refers to a cycloalkyl radical having 3 to 8 carbon atoms (as defined above), which is bonded via an oxygen.

Agriculturally acceptable salts of the inventive compounds encompass especially the salts of those cations or the acid addition salts of those acids whose cations and anions, respectively, have no adverse effect on the fungicidal action of said compounds. Suitable cations are thus in particular the ions of the alkali metals, preferably sodium and potassium, of the alkaline earth metals, preferably calcium, magnesium and barium, of the transition metals, preferably manganese, copper, zinc and iron, and also the ammonium ion which, if desired, may carry one to four C1-C4-alkyl substituents and/or one phenyl or benzyl substituent, preferably diisopropylammoni-um, tetramethylammonium, tetrabutylammonium, trimethylbenzylammonium, furthermore phosphonium ions, sulfonium ions, preferably tri(C1-C4-alkyl)sulfonium, and sulfoxonium ions, preferably tri(C1-C4-alkyl)sulfoxonium. Anions of useful acid addition salts are primarily chloride, bromide, fluoride, hydrogensulfate, sulfate, dihydrogenphosphate, hydrogenphosphate, phosphate, nitrate, bicarbonate, carbonate, hexafluorosilicate, hexafluorophosphate, benzoate, and the anions of C1-C4-alkanoic acids, preferably formate, acetate, propionate and butyrate. They can be formed by reacting such inventive compound with an acid of the corresponding anion, preferably of hydrochloric acid, hydrobromic acid, sulfuric acid, phosphoric acid or nitric acid.

The inventive compounds can be present in atropisomers arising from restricted rotation about a single bond of asymmetric groups. They also form part of the subject matter of the present invention.

Depending on the substitution pattern, the compounds of formula I and their N-oxides may have one or more centers of chirality, in which case they are present as pure enantiomers or pure diastereomers or as enantiomer or diastereomer mixtures. Both, the pure enantiomers or diastereomers and their mixtures are subject matter of the present invention.

In the following, particular embodiments of the inventive compounds are described. Therein, specific meanings of the respective substituents are further detailled, wherein the meanings are in each case on their own but also in any combination with one another, particular embodiments of the present invention.

Furthermore, in respect of the variables, generally, the embodiments of the compounds I also apply to the intermediates.

A according to the invention is N or CH. According to one embodiment A is N. According to a further embodiment A is CH.

R1 according to the invention is C1-C6-alkyl, C2-C6-alkenyl, C2-C6-alkynyl or C3-C6-cycloalkyl; wherein the aliphatic moieties of R1 are not further substituted or carry one, two, three or up to the maximum possible number of identical or different groups R1a which independently of one another are selected from R1a halogen, OH, CN, C1-C4-alkoxy, C3-C8-cycloalkyl, C3-C8-halocycloalkyl and C1-C4-halogenalkoxy; and wherein the cycloalkyl moieties of R1 are not further substituted or carry one, two, three, four, five or up to the maximum number of identical or different groups R1b which independently of one another are selected from halogen, OH, CN, C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-alkoxy, C1-C4-halogenalkyl, C3-C8-cycloalkyl, C3-C8-halocycloalkyl and C1-C4-halogenalkoxy.

According to a further embodiment of the invention, R1 is selected from C1-C6-alkyl, C2-C6-alkenyl, C2-C6-alkynyl, C3-C6-cycloalkyl and C3-C6-cycloalkyl-C1-C4-alkyl, wherein the R1 are in each case unsubstituted or are substituted by R1a and/or R1b as defined and preferably defined herein. Specific embodiments thereof can be found in the below Table P1.

According to one particular embodiment, R1 is C1-C6-alkyl, in particular C1-C4-alkyl, such as CH3, C2H5, CH(CH3)2 or C(CH3)3. A further embodiment relates to compounds, wherein R1 is C1-C6-alkyl, in particular C1-C4-alkyl that is substituted by one, two or three or up to the maximum possible number of identical or different groups R1a, as defined and preferably defined herein. According to a specific embodiment thereof, R1 is C1-C6-haloalkyl, in particular C1-C4-haloalkyl, more particularly C1-C2-haloalkyl such as CF3 or CHF2. According to a further specific embodiment thereof, R1 is C1-C4-alkoxy-C1-C6-alkyl, in particular C1-C4-alkoxy-C1-C4-alkyl, such as CH2-OCH3. Further specific embodiments thereof can be found in the below Table P1.

According to still another embodiment, R1 is C3-C8-cycloalkyl-C1-C6-alkyl, in particular C3-C6-cycloalkyl-C1-C4-alkyl. A further embodiment relates to compounds, wherein R1 is C3-C8-cycloalkyl-C1-C6-alkyl, in particular C3-C6-cycloalkyl-C1-C4-alkyl, that is substituted by one, two or three or up to the maximum possible number of identical or different groups R1a in the alkyl moiety and/or substituted by one, two, three four or five or up to the maximum possible number of identical or different groups R1b in the cycloalkyl moiety. R1a are in each case as defined and preferably defined herein. Specific embodiments thereof can be found in the below Table P1.

According to another embodiment, R1 is C2-C6-alkenyl, in particular C2-C4-alkenyl, such as CH=CH2, CH2CH=CH2, CH=CHCH3 or C(CH3)=CH2. A further embodiment relates to compounds, wherein R1 is C2-C6-alkenyl, in particular C2-C4-alkenyl that is substituted by one, two or three or up to the maximum possible number of identical or different groups R1a as defined and preferably defined herein. According to a specific embodiment thereof, R1 is C2-C6-haloalkenyl, in particular C2-C4-haloalkenyl. Further specific embodiments thereof can be found in the below Table P1.

According to still another embodiment, R1 is C2-C6-alkynyl, in particular C2-C4-alkynyl, such as C≡CH, C≡CCH3, CH2-C≡C-H or CH2-C≡C-CH3.

A further embodiment relates to compounds, wherein R1 is C2-C6-alkynyl, in particular C2-C4-alkynyl that is substituted by one, two or three or up to the maximum possible number of identical or different groups R1a, as defined and preferably defined herein. According to a specific embodiment thereof, R1 is C2-C6-haloalkynyl, in particular C2-C4-haloalkynyl. According to a further specific embodiment thereof, R1 is C3-C6-cycloalkyl-C2-C6-alkynyl or C3-C6-halocycloalkyl-C2-C6-alkynyl, in particular C3-C6-cycloalkyl-C2-C4-alkynyl or C3-C6-halocycloalkyl-C2-C4-alkynyl. Further specific embodiments thereof can be found in the below Table P1.

According to still another embodiment, R1 is C3-C6-cycloalkyl, such as C3H5 (cyclopropyl), C4H7 (cyclobutyl), cyclopentyl or cyclohexyl. A further embodiment relates to compounds, wherein R1 is C3-C6-cycloalkyl, such as C3H5 (cyclopropyl) or C4H7 (cyclobutyl), that is substituted by one, two, three four or five or up to the maximum possible number of identical or different groups R1b as defined and preferably defined herein. According to a specific embodiment thereof, R1 is C3-C6-halocycloalkyl, such as halocyclopropyl, in particular 1-F-cyclopropyl or 1-Cl-cyclopropyl.

According to a further specific embodiment thereof, R1 C3-C6-cycloalkyl-C3-C6-cycloalkyl, wherein each of said cycloalkyl-cycloalkyl moieties is unsubstituted or carries one, two or three R1b as defined and preferably defined herein, such as 1-cyclopropyl-cyclopropyl or 2-cyclopropyl-cyclopropyl. Specific embodiments thereof can be found in the below Table P1.

Specifically, it may be preferred, if R1 is selected from C1-C4-alkyl, such as methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, iso-propyl, tert-butyl, CH2C(CH3)3 and CH2CH(CH3)2, C1-C4-haloalkyl, such as CF3, C2-C6-alkenyl, C2-C6-alkynyl, such as C≡CCH3, and C3-C6-cycloalkyl, such as cyclopropyl.

Particularly preferred embodiments of R1 according to the invention are in Table P1 below, wherein each line of lines P1-1 to P1-137 corresponds to one particular embodiment of the invention, wherein P1-1 to P1-137 are also in any combination a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

R1a are the possible substituents for the aliphatic moieties of R1.

R1a according to the invention is independently selected from halogen, OH, CN, C1-C4-alkoxy, C3-C6-cycloalkyl, C3-C6-halocycloalkyl and C1-C4-halogenalkoxy.

According to one embodiment R1a is independently selected from halogen, OH, CN, C1-C2-alkoxy, C3-C6-cycloalkyl, C3-C6-halocycloalkyl and C1-C2-halogenalkoxy. Specifically, R1a is independently selected from F, Cl, OH, CN, C1-C2-alkoxy, cyclopropyl, 1-F-cyclopropyl, 1-Cl-cyclopropyl and C1-C2-halogenalkoxy.

R1b are the possible substituents for the cycloalkyl moieties of R1.

R1b according to the invention is independently selected from halogen, OH, CN, C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-alkoxy, C1-C4-halogenalkyl, C3-C6-cycloalkyl, C3-C6-halocycloalkyl and C1-C4-halogenalkoxy.

According to one embodiment thereof R1b is independently selected from halogen, CN, C1-C2-alkyl, C1-C2-alkoxy, C1-C2-halogenalkyl, C3-C6-cycloalkyl, C3-C6-halocycloalkyl and C1-C2-halogenalkoxy. Specifically, R1b is independently selected from F, Cl, OH, CN, CH3, OCH3, cyclopropyl, 1-F-cyclopropyl, 1-Cl-cyclopropyl and halogenmethoxy.

According to the invention, R2 is hydrogen, C1-C4-alkyl, C2-C4-alkenyl, C2-C4-alkynyl, wherein the aliphatic moieties of R2 are not further substituted or carry one, two, three or up to the maximum possible number of identical or different groups R2a which independently of one another are selected from halogen, OH, CN, C1-C4-alkoxy, C3-C6-cycloalkyl, C3-C6-halocycloalkyl and C1-C4-halogenalkoxy.

According to one embodiment, R2 is H.

According to a further embodiment of the invention, R2 is selected from C1-C4-alkyl, C2-C4-alkenyl and C2-C4-alkynyl.

According to a further embodiment of the invention, R2 is selected from H, C1-C4-alkyl, in particular methyl or ethyl, C2-C4-alkenyl, in particular CH2CH=CH2, and C2-C4-alkynyl, in particular CH2C≡CH. Specific embodiments thereof can be found in the below Table P2.

According to one particular embodiment, R2 is C1-C4-alkyl, such as CH3, C2H5, CH(CH3)2, CH2CH2CH3, CH2CH2CH2CH3, CH2CH(CH3)2.

A further embodiment relates to compounds, wherein R2 is C1-C4-alkyl, that is substituted by one, two or three or up to the maximum possible number of identical or different groups R2a, as defined and preferably defined herein. According to a specific embodiment thereof, R2 is C1-C4-haloalkyl, more particularly C1-C2-haloalkyl. According to a further specific embodiment thereof, R2 is C1-C4-alkoxy-C1-C4-alkyl, such as CH2OCH3 or CH2CH2OCH3. According to still a further specific embodiment thereof, R2 is hydroxyl-C1-C4-alkyl, such as CH2CH2OH. Further specific embodiments thereof can be found in the below Table P2.

According to still another embodiment, R2 is C3-C6-cycloalkyl-C1-C4-alkyl. A further embodiment relates to compounds, wherein R2 is C3-C6-cycloalkyl-C1-C4-alkyl, more particularly C3-C6-cycloalkyl-C1-C2-alkyl that is substituted by one, two or three or up to the maximum possible number of identical or different groups R2a. A further embodiment relates to compounds, wherein R2 is C3-C6-halocycloalkyl-C1-C4-alkyl, more particularly C3-C6-halocycloalkyl-C1-C2-alkyl. Specific embodiments thereof can be found in the below Table P2.

According to another embodiment, R2 is C2-C4-alkenyl, such as CH2CH=CH2, CH2C(CH3)=CH2 or CH2CH=CHCH3. A further embodiment relates to compounds, wherein R2 is C2-C4-alkenyl that is substituted by one, two or three or up to the maximum possible number of identical or different groups R2a as defined and preferably defined herein. According to a specific embodiment thereof, R2 is C2-C4-haloalkenyl, such as CH2C(Cl)=CH2 and CH2C(H)=CHCl. According to a further specific embodiment thereof, R2 is C3-C6-cycloalkyl-C2-C4-alkenyl or C3-C6-halocycloalkyl-C2-C4-alkenyl. Further specific embodiments thereof can be found in the below Table P2.

According to still another embodiment, R2 is C2-C4-alkynyl, such as CH2C≡CH or CH2C≡CCH3. A further embodiment relates to compounds, wherein R2 is C2-C4-alkynyl that is substituted by one, two or three or up to the maximum possible number of identical or different groups R2a, as defined and preferably defined herein. According to a specific embodiment thereof, R2 is C2-C4-haloalkynyl. According to a further specific embodiment thereof, R2 is C3-C6-cycloalkyl-C2-C4-alkynyl or C3-C6-halocycloalkyl-C2-C4-alkynyl. Specific embodiments thereof can be found in the below Table P2.

Particularly preferred embodiments of R2 according to the invention are in Table P2 below, wherein each line of lines P2-1 to P2-79 corresponds to one particular embodiment of the invention, wherein P2-1 to P2-79 are also in any combination a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

R3 according to the present invention is independently selected from hydrogen, halogen, CN, C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-alkoxy, C2-C4-alkenyl, C2-C4-alkynyl, C3-C6-cycloalkyl and S(O)p(C1-C4-alkyl), wherein each of R3 is unsubstituted or further substituted by one, two, three or four R3a; wherein R3a is independently selected from halogen, CN, OH, C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-halogenalkyl, C3-C6-cycloalkyl, C3-C6-halogencycloalkyl, C1-C4-alkoxy and C1-C4-halogenalkoxy, and wherein p is 0, 1 or 2.

R3 according to one embodiment is hydrogen.

R3 according to one embodiment is independently selected from hydrogen, halogen, CN, C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-alkoxy, C2-C4-alkenyl, C2-C4-alkynyl, C3-C6-cycloalkyl and S(O)p(C1-C4-alkyl), wherein each of R3 is unsubstituted or further substituted by one, two, three or four R3a; wherein R3a is independently selected from halogen, CN, OH, C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-halogenalkyl, C3-C8-cycloalkyl, C3-C8-halogencycloalkyl, C1-C4-alkoxy and C1-C4-halogenalkoxy, and wherein p is 0, 1 or 2.

R3 according to one further embodiment is independently selected from halogen, CN, C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-alkoxy, C2-C4-alkenyl, C2-C4-alkynyl, C3-C6-cycloalkyl and S(O)p(C1-C4-alkyl), wherein each of R3 is unsubstituted or further substituted by one, two, three or four R3a; wherein R3a is independently selected from halogen, CN, OH, C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-halogenalkyl, C3-C8-cycloalkyl, C3-C8-halogencycloalkyl, C1-C4-alkoxy and C1-C4-halogenalkoxy, and wherein p is 0, 1 or 2.

According to a further embodiment, R3 is selected from H, F, Cl, Br, CN, C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-halogenalkyl, C1-C4-alkoxy, C1-C4-halogenalkoxy, S(C1-C4-alkyl), S(O)(C1-C4-alkyl) and S(O)2(C1-C4-alkyl).

According to still a further embodiment, R3 is selected from F, Cl, Br, CN, C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-halogenalkyl, C1-C4-alkoxy, C1-C4-halogenalkoxy, S(C1-C4-alkyl), S(O)(C1-C4-alkyl) and S(O)2(C1-C4-alkyl).

According to still a further embodiment, R3 is selected from H, Cl, F, Br, CN, C1-C2-alkyl, in particular CH3, C1-C2-haloalkyl, in particular CF3, C1-C2-alkoxy, in particular OCH3, and C1-C2-halogenalkoxy, in particular OCF3.

According to still a further embodiment, R3 is selected from Cl, F, Br, CN, C1-C2-alkyl, in particular CH3, C1-C2-haloalkyl, in particular CF3, C1-C2-alkoxy, in particular OCH3, and C1-C2-halogenalkoxy, in particular OCF3.

According to a further embodiment, R3 is selected from H, C2-C4-alkenyl, C2-C4-halogenalkenyl, C2-C4-alkynyl and C2-C4-halogenalkynyl. According to one particular embodiment, R3 is H, C2-C4-alkenyl or C2-C4-halogenalkenyl, such as H or CH=CH2. According to a further particular embodiment, R3 is H, C2-C4-alkynyl or C2-C4-halogenalkynyl, such as H or CΞCH.

According to a further embodiment, R3 is selected from C2-C4-alkenyl, C2-C4-halogenalkenyl, C2-C4-alkynyl and C2-C4-halogenalkynyl. According to one particular embodiment, R3 is C2-C4-alk-enyl or C2-C4-halogenalkenyl, such as CH=CH2. According to a further particular embodiment, R3 is C2-C4-alkynyl or C2-C4-halogenalkynyl, such as CΞCH.

According to a further embodiment, R3 is selected from H, C3-C6-cycloalkyl and C3-C6-halogencycloalkyl.

According to a further embodiment, R3 is selected from C3-C6-cycloalkyl and C3-C6-halogencycloalkyl.

According to a further embodiment, R3 is selected from H, S(C1-C2-alkyl), S(O)(C1-C2-alkyl) and S(O)2(C1-C2-alkyl). According to a particular embodiment thereof, R3 is selected from H, SCH3, S(O)(CH3) and S(O)2(CH3).

According to a further embodiment, R3 is selected from S(C1-C2-alkyl), S(O)(C1-C2-alkyl) and S(O)2(C1-C2-alkyl). According to a particular embodiment thereof, R3 is selected from SCH3, S(O)(CH3) and S(O)2(CH3).

According to one specific embodiment, R3 is H or halogen, in particular H, Br, F or Cl, more specifically H, F or Cl.

According to one further specific embodiment, R3 is halogen, in particular Br, F or Cl, more specifically F or Cl.

According to a further specific embodiment, R3 is H or CN.

According to a further specific embodiment, R3 is CN.

According to a further specific embodiment, R3 is H, C1-C4-alkyl, such as CH3, or C1-C4-haloalkyl, such as CF3, CHF2, CH2F, CCl3, CHCl2 or CH2Cl.

According to a further specific embodiment, R3 is C1-C4-alkyl, such as CH3, or C1-C4-haloalkyl, such as CF3, CHF2, CH2F, CCl3, CHCl2 or CH2Cl.

According to a further specific embodiment, R3 is H, C1-C4-alkoxy, more specifically C1-C2-alkoxy such as OCH3 or OCH2CH3, or C1-C4-haloalkoxy, more specifically C1-C2-haloalkoxy such as OCF3, OCHF2, OCH2F, OCCl3, OCHCl2 or OCH2Cl, in particular OCF3, OCHF2, OCCl3 or OCHCl2.

According to a further specific embodiment, R3 is C1-C4-alkoxy, more specifically C1-C2-alkoxy such as OCH3 or OCH2CH3, or C1-C4-haloalkoxy, more specifically C1-C2-haloalkoxy such as OCF3, OCHF2, OCH2F, OCCl3, OCHCl2 or OCH2Cl, in particular OCF3, OCHF2, OCCl3 or OCHCl2.

R3a is selected from halogen, CN, OH, C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-haloalkyl, C3-C8-cycloalkyl, C3-C8-halocycloalkyl, C1-C4-alkoxy and C1-C4-halogenalkoxy, in particular selected from halogen, CN, C1-C2-alkyl, C1-C2-haloalkyl, C3-C6-cycloalkyl, C3-C6-halocycloalkyl, C1-C2-alkoxy and C1-C2-halogenalkoxy. Specifically, R3a is independently selected from F, Cl, CN, OH, CH3, halomethyl, cyclopropyl, halocyclopropyl, OCH3 and halogenmethoxy.

Particularly preferred embodiments of R3 according to the invention are in Table P3 below, wherein each line of lines P3-1 to P3-16 corresponds to one particular embodiment of the invention, wherein P3-1 to P3-16 are also in any combination with one another a preferred embodiment of the present invention. Thereby, for every R3 that is present in the inventive compounds, these specific embodiments and preferences apply independently of the meaning of any other R3 that may be present in the phenyl ring: <u>Table P3:</u> No. R3 No. R3 No. R3 P3-1 H P3-7 CF3 P3-13 SCH3 P3-2 Cl P3-8 CHF2 P3-14 SOCH3 P3-3 F P3-9 OCH3 P3-15 SO2CH3 P3-4 CN P3-10 OCH2CH3 P3-16 Br P3-5 CH3 P3-11 OCF3 P3-6 CH2CH3 P3-12 OCHF2

R5 according to the invention is hydrogen, halogen, CN, C1-C6-alkyl, C1-C6-halogenalkyl, C1-C6-alkoxy, C1-C6-halogenalkoxy or C3-C6-cycloalkyl, wherein the cycloalkyl is unsubstituted (m=0) or substituted by (R4)m.

According to one embodiment, R5 is hydrogen.

According to a further embodiment, R5 is halogen, CN, C1-C6-alkyl, C1-C6-halogenalkyl, C1-C6-alkoxy, C1-C6-halogenalkoxy or C3-C6-cycloalkyl, wherein the cycloalkyl is unsubstituted (m=0) or substituted by (R4)m. In particular, R5 is Cl, F, Br, CN, C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-halogenalkyl, C1-C4-alkoxy, C1-C4-halogenalkoxy or C3-C6-cycloalkyl, wherein the cycloalkyl is unsubstituted (m=0) or substituted by (R4)m.

According to a further embodiment, R5 is hydrogen, halogen, CN, C1-C6-alkyl, C1-C6-halogenalkyl, C1-C6-alkoxy or C1-C6-halogenalkoxy, in particular hydrogen, F, CI, Br, CN, C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-halogenalkyl, C1-C4-alkoxy or C1-C4-halogenalkoxy.

According to still a further embodiment, R5 is halogen, CN, C1-C6-alkyl, C1-C6-halogenalkyl, C1-C6-alkoxy or C1-C6-halogenalkoxy, in particular hydrogen, F, Cl, Br, CN, C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-halogenalkyl, C1-C4-alkoxy or C1-C4-halogenalkoxy.

According to a further embodiment, R5 is hydrogen, halogen, C1-C6-alkyl or C1-C6-halogenalkyl, in particular hydrogen, F, Cl, Br, C1-C4-alkyl or C1-C4-halogenalkyl, more specifically hydrogen, F, Cl, Br, C1-C2-alkyl or C1-C2-halogenalkyl.

According to still a further embodiment, R5 is halogen, C1-C6-alkyl or C1-C6-halogenalkyl, in particular F, Cl, Br, C1-C4-alkyl or C1-C4-halogenalkyl, more specifically hydrogen, F, Cl, Br, C1-C2-alkyl or C1-C2-halogenalkyl.

According to a specific embodiment, R5 is hydrogen or halogen, such as F, Cl, Br. According to one particular embodiment thereof, R5 is H or F. According to a further particular embodiment thereof, R5 is H or Cl. According to still a further particular embodiment thereof, R5 is H or Br.

According to still a specific embodiment, R5 is halogen such as F, Cl, Br. According to one particular embodiment thereof, R5 is F. According to a further particular embodiment thereof, R5 is Cl. According to still a further particular embodiment thereof, R5 is Br.

According to a further embodiment, R5 is H or CN.

According to still a further embodiment, R5 is CN.

According to still a further specific embodiment, R5 is hydrogen, C1-C6-alkyl, more specifically C1-C4-alkyl, such as CH3, C2H5, iso-C3H7, n-C4H9, tert-C4H9 or iso-C4H9, or C1-C6-halogenalkyl, more specifically C1-C4-halogenalkyl, such as CF3. According to one particular embodiment thereof, R5 is hydrogen or CH3. According to one particular embodiment thereof, R5 is hydrogen or CF3.

According to still a further specific embodiment, R5 is C1-C6-alkyl, more specifically C1-C4-alkyl, such as CH3, C2H5, iso-C3H7, n-C4H9, tert-C4H9 or iso-C4H9, or C1-C6-halogenalkyl, more specifically C1-C4-halogenalkyl, such as CF3. According to one particular embodiment thereof, R5 is CH3. According to one particular embodiment thereof, R5 is CF3.

According to a further specific embodiment, R5 is hydrogen, C1-C6-alkoxy, more specifically C1-C4-alkoxy, such as OCH3, OC2H5, O-iso-C3H7, O-n-C4H9, O-tert-C4H9 or O-iso-C4H9, or C1-C6-halogenalkoxy, more specifically C1-C4-halogenalkoxy, such as OCF3. According to one particular embodiment thereof, R5 is hydrogen or OCH3. According to one particular embodiment thereof, R5 is hydrogen or OCF3

According to a further specific embodiment, R5 is C1-C6-alkoxy, more specifically C1-C4-alkoxy, such as OCH3, OC2H5, O-iso-C3H7, O-n-C4H9, O-tert-C4H9 or O-iso-C4H9, or C1-C6-halogenalkoxy, more specifically C1-C4-halogenalkoxy, such as OCF3.

According to a further embodiment, R5 is C3-C6-cycloalkyl that is unsubstituted (m=0) or substituted by (R4)m. According to one embodiment thereof, m is 0, 1, 2 or 3. According to a further embodiment thereof, n is 0. According to still a further one embodiment thereof, n is 1 or 2.

According to a specific embodiment thereof, R5 is cyclopropyl that is unsubstituted (m=0) or substituted by (R4)m. According to one embodiment thereof, m is 0, 1, 2 or 3. According to a further embodiment thereof, n is 0. According to still a further one embodiment thereof, n is 1 or 2.

According to a further specific embodiment thereof, R5 is cyclobutyl that is unsubstituted (m=0) or substituted by (R4)m. According to one embodiment thereof, m is 0, 1, 2 or 3. According to a further embodiment thereof, n is 0. According to still a further one embodiment thereof, n is 1 or 2.

According to still a further specific embodiment thereof, R5 is cyclopentyl that is unsubstituted (m=0) or substituted by (R4)m. According to one embodiment thereof, m is 0, 1, 2 or 3. According to a further embodiment thereof, n is 0. According to still a further one embodiment thereof, n is 1 or 2.

According to still a further specific embodiment thereof, R5 is cyclohexyl that is unsubstituted (m=0) or substituted by (R4)m. According to one embodiment thereof, m is 0, 1, 2 or 3. According to a further embodiment thereof, m is 0. According to still a further one embodiment thereof, m is 1 or 2.

R6 according to the invention is hydrogen, halogen, CN, C1-C6-alkyl, C1-C6-halogenalkyl, C1-C6-alkoxy or C1-C6-halogenalkoxy; or R6 and R7 together with the carbon atom to which they are bound form a C3-C6-cycloalkyl, that is unsubstituted or substituted by (R8)n.

Preferably, if R6 and R7 together form C3-C6-cycloalkyl, R5 is selected from hydrogen, halogen, CN, C1-C6-alkyl, C1-C6-halogenalkyl, C1-C6-alkoxy and C1-C6-halogenalkoxy.

In particular, R6 is H, Cl, F, Br, CN, C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-halogenalkyl, C1-C4-alkoxy, C1-C4-halogenalkoxy, or R6 and R7 together with the carbon atoms to which they are bound form a C3-C6-cycloalkyl, that is unsubstituted or substituted by (R8)n.

According to one embodiment, R6 is hydrogen.

According to a further embodiment, R6 is halogen, CN, C1-C6-alkyl, C1-C6-halogenalkyl, C1-C6-alkoxy or C1-C6-halogenalkoxy; or R6 and R7 together with the carbon atoms to which they are bound form a C3-C6-cycloalkyl, that is unsubstituted or substituted by (R8)n; and, in this case, R5 is preferably selected from hydrogen, halogen, CN, C1-C6-alkyl, C1-C6-halogenalkyl, C1-C6-alkoxy and C1-C6-halogenalkoxy. In particular, R6 is Cl, F, Br, CN, C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-halogenalkyl, C1-C4-alkoxy, C1-C4-halogenalkoxy, or R6 and R7 together with the carbon atoms to which they are bound form a C3-C6-cycloalkyl, that is unsubstituted or substituted by (R8)n.

According to a further embodiment, R6 is hydrogen, halogen, CN, C1-C6-alkyl, C1-C6-halogenalkyl, C1-C6-alkoxy or C1-C6-halogenalkoxy, in particular hydrogen, F, Cl, Br, CN, C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-halogenalkyl, C1-C4-alkoxy or C1-C4-halogenalkoxy.

According to still a further embodiment, R6 is halogen, CN, C1-C6-alkyl, C1-C6-halogenalkyl, C1-C6-alkoxy or C1-C6-halogenalkoxy, in particular hydrogen, F, Cl, Br, CN, C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-halogenalkyl, C1-C4-alkoxy or C1-C4-halogenalkoxy.

According to a further embodiment, R6 is hydrogen, halogen, C1-C6-alkyl, C1-C6-halogenalkyl, in particular hydrogen, F, Cl, Br, C1-C4-alkyl or C1-C4-halogenalkyl. More specifically, R6 is hydrogen, F, Cl, Br, C1-C2-alkyl or C1-C2-halogenalkyl.

According to still a further embodiment, R6 is halogen, C1-C6-alkyl or C1-C6-halogenalkyl, in particular F, Cl, Br, C1-C4-alkyl or C1-C4-halogenalkyl. More specifically, R6 is F, Cl, Br, C1-C2-alkyl or C1-C2-halogenalkyl.

According to a specific embodiment, R6 is hydrogen or halogen, such as F, Cl, Br. According to one particular embodiment thereof, R6 is H or F. According to a further particular embodiment thereof, R6 is H or Cl. According to still a further particular embodiment thereof, R6 is H or Br.

According to still a specific embodiment, R6 is halogen such as F, Cl, Br. According to one particular embodiment thereof, R6 is F. According to a further particular embodiment thereof, R6 is Cl. According to still a further particular embodiment thereof, R6 is Br.

According to a further embodiment, R6 is H or CN.

According to still a further embodiment, R6 is CN.

According to a further specific embodiment, R6 is hydrogen, C1-C6-alkyl, more specifically C1-C4-alkyl, such as CH3, C2H5, iso-C3H7, n-C4H9, tert-C4H9 or iso-C4H9, or C1-C6-halogenalkyl, more specifically C1-C4-halogenalkyl, such as CF3. According to one particular embodiment thereof, R6 is hydrogen or CH3. According to one particular embodiment thereof, R6 is hydrogen or CF3.

According to still a further specific embodiment, R6 is C1-C6-alkyl, more specifically C1-C4-alkyl, such as CH3, C2H5, iso-C3H7, n-C4H9, tert-C4H9 or iso-C4H9, or C1-C6-halogenalkyl, more specifically C1-C4-halogenalkyl, such as CF3. According to one particular embodiment thereof, R6 is CH3. According to one particular embodiment thereof, R6 is CF3.

According to a further specific embodiment, R6 is hydrogen, C1-C6-alkoxy, more specifically C1-C4-alkoxy, such as OCH3, OC2H5, O-iso-C3H7, O-n-C4H9, O-tert-C4H9 or O-iso-C4H9, or C1-C6-halogenalkoxy, more specifically C1-C4-halogenalkoxy, such as OCF3. According to one particular embodiment thereof, R6 is hydrogen or OCH3. According to one particular embodiment thereof, R6 is hydrogen or OCF3

According to a further specific embodiment, R6 is C1-C6-alkoxy, more specifically C1-C4-alkoxy, such as OCH3, OC2H5, O-iso-C3H7, O-n-C4H9, O-tert-C4H9 or O-iso-C4H9, or C1-C6-halogenalkoxy, more specifically C1-C4-halogenalkoxy, such as OCF3.

R7 according to the invention is hydrogen, halogen, CN, C1-C6-alkyl, C1-C6-halogenalkyl, C1-C6-alkoxy, C1-C6-halogenalkoxy or C3-C6-cycloalkyl, wherein the cycloalkyl is unsubstituted (m=0) or substituted by (R4)m; or R6 and R7 together with the carbon atom to which they are bound form a C3-C6-cycloalkyl, that is unsubstituted or substituted by (R8)n; wherein in this case, R5 is preferably selected from hydrogen, halogen, CN, C1-C6-alkyl, C1-C6-halogenalkyl, C1-C6-alkoxy and C1-C6-halogenalkoxy, or as preferably defined herein.

According to one embodiment, R7 is hydrogen.

According to a further embodiment, R7 is halogen, CN, C1-C6-alkyl, C1-C6-halogenalkyl, C1-C6-alkoxy, C1-C6-halogenalkoxy or C3-C6-cycloalkyl, wherein the cycloalkyl is unsubstituted (m=0) or substituted by (R4)m; or R6 and R7 together with the carbon atom to which they are bound form a C3-C6-cycloalkyl, that is unsubstituted or substituted by (R8)n.

According to a further embodiment, R7 is hydrogen, halogen, CN, C1-C6-alkyl, C1-C6-halogenalkyl, C1-C6-alkoxy or C1-C6-halogenalkoxy, in particular hydrogen, F, CI, Br, CN, C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-halogenalkyl, C1-C4-alkoxy or C1-C4-halogenalkoxy.

According to still a further embodiment, R7 is halogen, CN, C1-C6-alkyl, C1-C6-halogenalkyl, C1-C6-alkoxy or C1-C6-halogenalkoxy, in particular hydrogen, F, Cl, Br, CN, C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-halogenalkyl, C1-C4-alkoxy or C1-C4-halogenalkoxy.

According to a further embodiment, R7 is hydrogen, halogen, C1-C6-alkyl or C1-C6-halogenalkyl, in particular hydrogen, F, Cl, Br, C1-C4-alkyl or C1-C4-halogenalkyl. More specifically, R7 is hydrogen, F, Cl, Br, C1-C2-alkyl or C1-C2-halogenalkyl.

According to still a further embodiment, R7 is halogen, C1-C6-alkyl or C1-C6-halogenalkyl, in particular F, Cl, Br, C1-C4-alkyl or C1-C4-halogenalkyl. More specifically, R7 is F, Cl, Br, C1-C2-alkyl or C1-C2-halogenalkyl.

According to a specific embodiment, R7 is hydrogen or halogen, such as F, Cl, Br. According to one particular embodiment thereof, R7 is H or F. According to a further particular embodiment thereof, R7 is H or Cl. According to still a further particular embodiment thereof, R7 is H or Br.

According to still a specific embodiment, R7 is halogen such as F, Cl, Br. According to one particular embodiment thereof, R7 is F. According to a further particular embodiment thereof, R7 is Cl. According to still a further particular embodiment thereof, R7 is Br.

According to a further embodiment, R7 is H or CN.

According to still a further embodiment, R7 is CN.

According to a further specific embodiment, R7 is hydrogen, C1-C6-alkyl, more specifically C1-C4-alkyl, such as CH3, C2H5, iso-C3H7, n-C4H9, tert-C4H9 or iso-C4H9, or C1-C6-halogenalkyl, more specifically C1-C4-halogenalkyl, such as CF3. According to one particular embodiment thereof, R7 is hydrogen or CH3. According to one particular embodiment thereof, R7 is hydrogen or CF3.

According to still a further specific embodiment, R7 is C1-C6-alkyl, more specifically C1-C4-alkyl, such as CH3, C2H5, iso-C3H7, n-C4H9, tert-C4H9 or iso-C4H9, or C1-C6-halogenalkyl, more specifically C1-C4-halogenalkyl, such as CF3. According to one particular embodiment thereof, R7 is CH3. According to one particular embodiment thereof, R7 is CF3.

According to a further specific embodiment, R7 is hydrogen, C1-C6-alkoxy, more specifically C1-C4-alkoxy, such as OCH3, OC2H5, O-iso-C3H7, O-n-C4H9, O-tert-C4H9 or O-iso-C4H9, or C1-C6-halogenalkoxy, more specifically C1-C4-halogenalkoxy, such as OCF3. According to one particular embodiment thereof, R7 is hydrogen or OCH3. According to one particular embodiment thereof, R7 is hydrogen or OCF3.

According to a further specific embodiment, R7 is C1-C6-alkoxy, more specifically C1-C4-alkoxy, such as OCH3, OC2H5, O-iso-C3H7, O-n-C4H9, O-tert-C4H9 or O-iso-C4H9, or C1-C6-halogenalkoxy, more specifically C1-C4-halogenalkoxy, such as OCF3. According to one particular embodiment thereof, R7 is OCH3. According to one particular embodiment thereof, R7 is OCF3.

According to a further embodiment, R7 is C3-C6-cycloalkyl that is unsubstituted (m=0) or substituted by (R4)m; at the same time, R5 is preferably selected from hydrogen, halogen, CN, C1-C6-alkyl, C1-C6-halogenalkyl, C1-C6-alkoxy and C1-C6-halogenalkoxy or any preferred meaning as defined herein. According to one embodiment thereof, m is 0, 1, 2 or 3. According to a further embodiment thereof, m is 0. According to still a further one embodiment thereof, m is 1 or 2.

According to a specific embodiment thereof, R7 is cyclopropyl that is unsubstituted (m=0) or substituted by (R4)m. According to one embodiment thereof, m is 0, 1, 2 or 3. According to a further embodiment thereof, m is 0. According to still a further one embodiment thereof, m is 1 or 2.

According to a further specific embodiment thereof, R7 is cyclobutyl that is unsubstituted (m=0) or substituted by (R4)m. According to one embodiment thereof, m is 0, 1, 2 or 3. According to a further embodiment thereof, m is 0. According to still a further one embodiment thereof, m is 1 or 2.

According to still a further specific embodiment thereof, R7 is cyclopentyl that is unsubstituted (m=0) or substituted by (R4)m. According to one embodiment thereof, m is 0, 1, 2 or 3. According to a further embodiment thereof, m is 0. According to still a further one embodiment thereof, m is 1 or 2.

According to still a further specific embodiment thereof, R7 is cyclohexyl that is unsubstituted (m=0) or substituted by (R4)m. According to one embodiment thereof, m is 0, 1, 2 or 3. According to a further embodiment thereof, m is 0. According to still a further one embodiment thereof, m is 1 or 2.

In one particular embodiment, R5 is selected from hydrogen, halogen, CN, C1-C6-alkyl, C1-C6-halogenalkyl, C1-C6-alkoxy and C1-C6-halogenalkoxy, R6 is selected from hydrogen, halogen, C1-C6-alkyl, C1-C6-halogenalkyl, C1-C6-alkoxy and C1-C6-halogenalkoxy and R7 is selected from hydrogen, halogen, CN, C1-C6-alkyl, C1-C6-halogenalkyl, C1-C6-alkoxy and C1-C6-halogenalkoxy, or for each of the substituents, any preferred meaning as given above, or R6 and R7 together with the carbon atoms to which they are bound form a cyclopropyl, cyclobutyl, cyclpentyl or cyclohexyl, that is unsubstituted or substituted by (R8)n, as defined and preferably defined herein, and R5 is selected from hydrogen, halogen, CN, C1-C6-alkyl, C1-C6-halogenalkyl, C1-C6-alkoxy and C1-C6-halogenalkoxy, more specifically selected from hydrogen, Cl, C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-halogenalkyl and C1-C2-alkoxy, in particular H, Cl, CH3, CF3 and OCH3.

In one further particular embodiment, R5 is selected from hydrogen, Cl, C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-halogenalkyl and C1-C2-alkoxy, in particular H, Cl, CH3, CF3 and OCH3, R6 is selected from hydrogen, Cl, C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-halogenalkyl and C1-C2-alkoxy, in particular H, Cl, CH3, CF3 and OCH3, and R7 is selected from hydrogen, Cl, C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-halogenalkyl and C1-C2-alkoxy, in particular H, Cl, CH3, CF3 and OCH3, or for each of the substituents, any preferred meaning as given above. Specifically, not more that one of R5, R6 and R7 is C1-C4-halogenalkyl or CF3, respectively.

In still one further particular embodiment, R5 is unsubstituted or substituted C3-C6-cycloalkyl as defined and preferably defined above, R6 is selected from hydrogen, halogen, C1-C6-alkyl, C1-C6-halogenalkyl, C1-C6-alkoxy and C1-C6-halogenalkoxy, preferably selected from hydrogen, F, Cl, Br, C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-halogenalkyl, C1-C4-alkoxy and C1-C4-halogenalkoxy and R7 is selected from hydrogen, halogen, CN, C1-C6-alkyl, C1-C6-halogenalkyl, C1-C6-alkoxy and C1-C6-halogenalkoxy, preferably selected from hydrogen, F, Cl, Br, CN, C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-halogenalkyl, C1-C4-alkoxy and C1-C4-halogenalkoxy, or, for each of the substituents, any preferred meaning as given above.

In still one further particular embodiment, R5 is selected from hydrogen, halogen, CN, C1-C6-alkyl, C1-C6-halogenalkyl, C1-C6-alkoxy and C1-C6-halogenalkoxy, R6 is selected from hydrogen, halogen, C1-C6-alkyl, C1-C6-halogenalkyl, C1-C6-alkoxy and C1-C6-halogenalkoxy, preferably selected from hydrogen, F, Cl, Br, C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-halogenalkyl, C1-C4-alkoxy and C1-C4-halogenalkoxy or, for each of the substituents, any preferred meaning as given above, and R7 is unsubstituted or substituted C3-C6-cycloalkyl as defined and preferably defined above.

According to a further embodiment, R6 and R7 together with the carbon atoms to which they are bound form a C3-C6-cycloalkyl, that is unsubstituted or substituted by (R8)n, as defined and preferably defined herein, and R5 is selected from hydrogen, halogen, CN, C1-C6-alkyl, C1-C6-halogenalkyl, C1-C6-alkoxy and C1-C6-halogenalkoxy or any preferred meaning as given herein. According to one embodiment thereof, n is 0, 1 or 2. According to a further embodiment thereof, n is 0. According to still a further one embodiment thereof, n is 1 or 2.

According to a specific embodiment thereof, R6 together with R7 and the carbon atoms to which they are bound forms a cyclopropyl that is unsubstituted (n=0) or substituted by (R8)n. According to one embodiment thereof, n is 0, 1 or 2. According to a further embodiment thereof, n is 0. According to still a further one embodiment thereof, n is 1 or 2.

According to a further specific embodiment thereof, R6 together with R7 and the carbon atoms to which they are bound forms a cyclobutyl that is unsubstituted (n=0) or substituted by (R8)n. According to one embodiment thereof, n is 0, 1 or 2. According to a further embodiment thereof, n is 0. According to still a further one embodiment thereof, n is 1 or 2.

According to a specific embodiment thereof, R6 together with R7 and the carbon atoms to which they are bound forms a cyclopentyl that is unsubstituted (n=0) or substituted by (R8)n. According to one embodiment thereof, n is 0, 1 or 2. According to a further embodiment thereof, n is 0. According to still a further one embodiment thereof, n is 1 or 2.

According to a specific embodiment thereof, R6 together with R7 and the carbon atoms to which they are bound forms a cyclohexyl that is unsubstituted (n=0) or substituted by (R8)n. According to one embodiment thereof, n is 0, 1 or 2. According to a further embodiment thereof, n is 0. According to still a further one embodiment thereof, n is 1 or 2.

According to the invention, there can be zero, one, two, three, four or five R4 present, namely for m is 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5. In particular, m is 0, 1, 2 or 3. According to one embodiment, m is 0, 1 or 2.

According to one particular embodiment, m is 0.

According to a further embodiment, m is 1, 2 or 3, in particular 1 or 2, more specifically 1. According to one specific embodiment thereof, m is 1, according to a further specific embodiment, m is 2.

According to still a further embodiment, m is 2, 3 or 4.

According to still a further embodiment, m is 3.

For every R4 that is present in the inventive compounds, the following embodiments and preferences apply independently of the meaning of any other R4 that may be present in the phenyl ring. Furthermore, the particular embodiments and preferences given herein for R4 apply independently for each of m=1, m=2, m=3, m=4 and m=5.

Each R4 is independently selected from halogen, CN, NO2, OH, SH, C1-C6-alkyl, C1-C6-alkoxy, C2-C6-alkenyl, C2-C6-alkynyl and C3-C6-cycloalkyl,; wherein each of R4 is unsubstituted or further substituted by one, two, three or four R4a wherein R4a is independently selected from halogen.

According to one embodiment, R4 is independently selected from halogen, CN, NO2, C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-alkoxy, C2-C4-alkenyl, C2-C4-alkynyl and C3-C6-cycloalkyl, , wherein each of R4 is unsubstituted or further substituted by one, two, three or four independently selected halogen (R4a).

According to a further embodiment, R4 is independently selected from halogen, CN, NO2, C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-haloalkyl, C1-C4-alkoxy, C1-C4-haloalkoxy, C2-C4-alkenyl, C2-C4-haloalkenyl, C2-C4-alkynyl, C2-C4-haloalkynyl, C3-C6-cycloalkyl and C3-C6-halocycloalkyl.

According to a further embodiment, R4 is independently selected from halogen, CN, NO2, C1-C2-alkyl, C1-C2-haloalkyl, C1-C2-alkoxy and C1-C2-haloalkoxy

According to a further embodiment, R4 is independently selected from F, Cl, Br, CN, C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-haloalkyl, C1-C4-alkoxy and C1-C4-haloalkoxy.

According to a further embodiment, R4 is independently selected from F, Cl, Br, CN, methyl, C1-haloalkyl, methoxy and C1-haloalkoxy, more specifically selected from F, Cl, CN and methyl.

According to still a further specific embodiment, R4 is independently selected from halogen, in particular from Br, F and Cl, more specifically from F and Cl.

According to a further specific embodiment, R4 is CN.

According to a further specific embodiment, R4 is C1-C4-alkyl, such as CH3. Further appropriate alkyls are ethyl, n-propyl, i-propyl, n-butyl, i-butyl and t-butyl.

According to a further specific embodiment, R4 is C1-C4-haloalkyl, such as CF3, CHF2, CH2F, CCl3, CHCl2 or CH2Cl.

According to a further specific embodiment R4 is C1-C4-alkoxy, more specifically C1-C2-alkoxy such as OCH3 or OCH2CH3.

According to a further specific embodiment, R4 is C1-C4-haloalkoxy, more specifically C1-C2-haloalkoxy such as OCF3, OCHF2, OCH2F, OCCl3, OCHCl2 or OCH2Cl, in particular OCF3, OCHF2, OCCl3 or OCHCl2.

According to still a further embodiment, R4 is C2-C6-alkenyl or C2-C6-haloalkenyl, in particular C2-C4-alkenyl or C2-C4-haloalkenyl, such as CH=CH2, CH2CH=CH2, CH=CHCH3 or C(CH3)=CH2.

According to still a further embodiment, R4 is C2-C6-alkynyl or C2-C6-haloalkynyl, in particular C2-C4-alkynyl or C2-C4-haloalkynyl, such as CΞCH, CH2CCH or CH2CCCH3.

According to another embodiment R4 is C3-C6-cycloalkyl, preferably cyclopropyl, cyclobutyl, cyclopentyl or cyclohexyl, in particular cyclopropyl or cyclobutyl. In a special embodiment R4 is cyclopropyl. In a further special embodiment R4 is cyclobutyl. In a further special embodiment R4 is cyclopentyl. In a further special embodiment R4 is cyclohexyl.

According to a specific embodiment R4 is fully or partially halogenated C3-C6-cycloalkyl. In a special embodiment R4 is fully or partially halogenated cyclopropyl. In a further special embodiment R4 is 1-Cl-cyclopropyl. In a further special embodiment R4 is 2-Cl-cyclopropyl. In a further special embodiment R4 is 1-F-cyclopropyl. In a further special embodiment R4 is 2-F-cyclopropyl. In a further special embodiment R4 is fully or partially halogenated cyclobutyl. In a further special embodiment R4 is 1-Cl-cyclobutyl. In a further special embodiment R4 is 1-F-cyclobutyl. In a further special embodiment R4 is 3,3-Cl2-cyclobutyl. In a further special embodiment R4 is 3,3-F2-cyclobutyl.

R4a is halogen, in particular independently selected from F, Cl and Br.

According to the invention, there can be zero, one, two, three, four or five R8 present, namely for n is 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5. In particular, n is 0, 1, 2 or 3. According to one embodiment, n is 0, 1 or 2.

According to one particular embodiment, n is 0.

According to a further embodiment, n is 1, 2 or 3, in particular 1 or 2, more specifically 1. According to one specific embodiment thereof, n is 1, according to a further specific embodiment, n is 2.

According to still a further embodiment, n is 2, 3 or 4.

According to still a further embodiment, n is 3.

For every R8 that is present in the inventive compounds, the following embodiments and preferences apply independently of the meaning of any other R8 that may be present in the phenyl ring. Furthermore, the particular embodiments and preferences given herein for R8 apply independently for each of n=1, n=2, m=3, n=4 and n=5.

R8 is in each case independently selected from the substituents and preferred substituents as defined for R4; wherein each of R8 is unsubstituted or further substituted by one, two, three or four R8a that is in each case independently selected from the substituents and preferred substituents as defined for R4a.

One embodiment of the invention relates to compounds I, wherein A is N (I.A).

Particular embodiments thereof are compounds I.Aa and I.Ab, depending on the position of R6 and R7, respectively:

One specific embodiment is compounds I.A1, wherein A=N and R5 is hydrogen, namely I.A1a and I.A1b, depending on the position of R6 and R7:

A further specific embodiment is compounds I.A1a, wherein R7 is unsubstituted or substituted cycloalkyl, in particular compounds I.A1a-1, wherein R7 is cyclopropyl, that is unsubstituted or substituted by (R4)m. Still a further specific embodiment is compounds I.A1b, wherein R7 is unsubstituted or substituted cycloalkyl, in particular compounds I.A1b-1, wherein R7 is cyclopropyl, that is unsubstituted or substituted by (R4)m:

A further embodiment is compounds I.A2, wherein A=N and R5 is unsubstituted or substituted cycloalkyl, in particular compounds I.A2-1, wherein R5 is cyclopropyl, that is unsubstituted or substituted by (R4)m. A further specific embodiment thereof is compounds I.A2-1a, wherein R6 and R7 are hydrogen: A further embodiment is compounds I.A3, wherein A=N and R6 is hydrogen, namely I.A3a and I.A3b, depending on the position of R6 and R7. A specific embodiment therof are compounds I.A3-1, wherein A=N and R7 is also hydrogen:

A further specific embodiment of the invention are compounds I.A4, wherein A=N and R7 is unsubstituted or substituted cycloalkyl, in particular compounds I.A4-1a and I.A4-1b, wherein R5 is cyclopropyl, that is unsubstituted or substituted by (R4)m, depending on the position of the cyclopropyl. One particular embodiment thereof is compounds I.A4-1aa and I.A4-1ba, where R6 is hydrogen:

Still a further specific embodiment is compounds I.A5, wherein R5 and R6 are hydrogen, namely compounds I.A5a and I.A5b, depending on the position of R7:

In a specific embodiment thereof, R7 is unsubstituted or substituted cycloalkyl, in particular compounds I.A6a-1 and I.A6b-1, wherein R7 is cyclopropyl, that is unsubstituted or substituted by (R4)m:

Still a further embodiment is compounds I.A7, where R6 and R7 together with the carbon atoms to which they are bound form a C3-C6-cycloalkyl, that is unsubstituted or substituted by (R8)n; and R5 is selected from hydrogen, halogen, C1-C6-alkyl, C1-C6-halogenalkyl, C2-C6-alkenyl, C2-C6-alkynyl, C1-C6-alkoxy, C1-C6-halogenalkoxy and C(=O)-O-(C1-C6-alkyl). In one particular embodiment thereof, R6 and R7 together with the carbon atoms to which they are bound form a C4-cycloalkyl, that is unsubstituted or substituted by (R8)n, namely compounds I.A7-1. In one further particular embodiment thereof, R6 and R7 together with the carbon atoms to which they are bound form a C5-cycloalkyl, that is unsubstituted or substituted by (R8)n, namely compounds I.A7-2:

One particular embodiment of the invention relates to compounds I.A, wherein R3 is hydrogen. One further particular embodiment of the invention relates to the compounds I.A as detailed above, wherein R3 is Cl. Still one further particular embodiment relates to compounds I.A, wherein R3 is F. Still one further particular embodiment relates to compounds I.A, wherein R3 is Br. Still one further particular embodiment relates to compounds I.A, wherein R3 is CF3. Still one further particular embodiment relates to compounds I.A, wherein R3 is CH3. Still one further particular embodiment relates to compounds I.A, wherein R3 is OCH3.

A further embodiment relates to compounds I, wherein A is CH (I.B), including the respective embodiments as detailed above for the triazoles.

One further particular embodiment of the invention relates to compounds I.B, wherein R3 is hydrogen. One further particular embodiment of the invention relates to the compounds I.B as detailed above, wherein R3 is Cl. Still one further particular embodiment relates to compounds I.B, wherein R3 is F. Still one further particular embodiment relates to compounds I.B, wherein R3 is Br. Still one further particular embodiment relates to compounds I.B, wherein R3 is CF3. Still one further particular embodiment relates to compounds I.B, wherein R3 is CH3. Still one further particular embodiment relates to compounds I.B, wherein R3 is OCH3.

In particular with a view to their use, according to one embodiment, preference is given to the compounds of the formula I, in particular formula I.Aa, that are compiled in the Tables 1 a to 132a below. Each of the groups mentioned for a substituent in the tables is furthermore per se, independently of the combination in which it is mentioned, a particularly preferred aspect of the substituent in question.

In particular with a view to their use, according to a further embodiment, preference is given to the compounds of the formula I, in particular formula I.Ba, that are compiled in the Tables 1 b to 132b below. Each of the groups mentioned for a substituent in the tables is furthermore per se, independently of the combination in which it is mentioned, a particularly preferred aspect of the substituent in question.

The compounds I and the compositions according to the invention, respectively, are suitable as fungicides.

Furthermore, also the compounds II, in particular IIa, according to the invention, are suitable as fungicides. The following description referring to compounds I also applies to the compounds of formula II and IIa, respectively.

Consequently, according to a further aspect, the present invention relates to the use of compounds of formula I, the N-oxides and the agriculturally acceptable salts thereof or of the compositions of the invention for combating phytopathogenic fungi.

Accordingly, the present invention also encompasses a method for combating harmful fungi, comprising treating the fungi or the materials, plants, the soil or seeds to be protected against fungal attack with an effective amount of at least one compound of formula I or with a composition comprising according to the invention.

The compounds I and the compositions according to the invention, respectively, are suitable as fungicides. They are distinguished by an outstanding effectiveness against a broad spectrum of phytopathogenic fungi, including soil-borne fungi, which derive especially from the classes of the Plasmodiophoromycetes, Peronosporomycetes (syn. Oomycetes), Chytridiomycetes, Zygomycetes, Ascomycetes, Basidiomycetes and Deuteromycetes (syn. Fungi imperfecti). Some are systemically effective and they can be used in crop protection as foliar fungicides, fungicides for seed dressing and soil fungicides. Moreover, they are suitable for controlling harmful fungi, which inter alia occur in wood or roots of plants.

The compounds I and the compositions according to the invention are particularly important in the control of a multitude of phytopathogenic fungi on various cultivated plants, such as cereals, e. g. wheat, rye, barley, triticale, oats or rice; beet, e. g. sugar beet or fodder beet; fruits, such as pomes, stone fruits or soft fruits, e. g. apples, pears, plums, peaches, almonds, cherries, strawberries, raspberries, blackberries or gooseberries; leguminous plants, such as lentils, peas, alfalfa or soybeans; oil plants, such as rape, mustard, olives, sunflowers, coconut, cocoa beans, castor oil plants, oil palms, ground nuts or soybeans; cucurbits, such as squashes, cucumber or melons; fiber plants, such as cotton, flax, hemp or jute; citrus fruit, such as oranges, lemons, grapefruits or mandarins; vegetables, such as spinach, lettuce, asparagus, cabbages, carrots, onions, tomatoes, potatoes, cucurbits or paprika; lauraceous plants, such as avocados, cinnamon or camphor; energy and raw material plants, such as corn, soybean, rape, sugar cane or oil palm; corn; tobacco; nuts; coffee; tea; bananas; vines (table grapes and grape juice grape vines); hop; turf; sweet leaf (also called Stevia); natural rubber plants or ornamental and forestry plants, such as flowers, shrubs, broad-leaved trees or evergreens, e. g. conifers; and on the plant propagation material, such as seeds, and the crop material of these plants.

Preferably, compounds I and compositions thereof, respectively are used for controlling a multitude of fungi on field crops, such as potatoes sugar beets, tobacco, wheat, rye, barley, oats, rice, corn, cotton, soybeans, rape, legumes, sunflowers, coffee or sugar cane; fruits; vines; ornamentals; or vegetables, such as cucumbers, tomatoes, beans or squashes.

The term "plant propagation material" is to be understood to denote all the generative parts of the plant such as seeds and vegetative plant material such as cuttings and tubers (e. g. potatoes), which can be used for the multiplication of the plant. This includes seeds, roots, fruits, tubers, bulbs, rhizomes, shoots, sprouts and other parts of plants, including seedlings and young plants, which are to be transplanted after germination or after emergence from soil. These young plants may also be protected before transplantation by a total or partial treatment by immersion or pouring.

Preferably, treatment of plant propagation materials with compounds I and compositions thereof, respectively, is used for controlling a multitude of fungi on cereals, such as wheat, rye, barley and oats; rice, corn, cotton and soybeans.

The term "cultivated plants" is to be understood as including plants which have been modified by breeding, mutagenesis or genetic engineering including but not limiting to agricultural biotech products on the market or in development (cf. http://cera-gmc.org/, see GM crop database therein). Genetically modified plants are plants, which genetic material has been so modified by the use of recombinant DNA techniques that under natural circumstances cannot readily be obtained by cross breeding, mutations or natural recombination. Typically, one or more genes have been integrated into the genetic material of a genetically modified plant in order to improve certain properties of the plant. Such genetic modifications also include but are not limited to targeted post-translational modification of protein(s), oligo- or polypeptides e. g. by glycosylation or polymer additions such as prenylated, acetylated or farnesylated moieties or PEG moieties.

Plants that have been modified by breeding, mutagenesis or genetic engineering, e. g. have been rendered tolerant to applications of specific classes of herbicides, such as auxin herbicides such as dicamba or 2,4-D; bleacher herbicides such as hydroxylphenylpyruvate dioxygenase (HPPD) inhibitors or phytoene desaturase (PDS) inhibitors; acetolactate synthase (ALS) inhibitors such as sulfonyl ureas or imidazolinones; enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase (EPSPS) inhibitors, such as glyphosate; glutamine synthetase (GS) inhibitors such as glufosinate; protoporphyrinogen-IX oxidase inhibitors; lipid biosynthesis inhibitors such as acetyl CoA carboxylase (ACCase) inhibitors; or oxynil (i. e. bromoxynil or ioxynil) herbicides as a result of conventional methods of breeding or genetic engineering. Furthermore, plants have been made resistant to multiple classes of herbicides through multiple genetic modifications, such as resistance to both glyphosate and glufosinate or to both glyphosate and a herbicide from another class such as ALS inhibitors, HPPD inhibitors, auxin herbicides, or ACCase inhibitors. These herbicide resistance technologies are e. g. described in Pest Managem. Sci. 61, 2005, 246; 61, 2005, 258; 61, 2005, 277; 61, 2005, 269; 61, 2005, 286; 64, 2008, 326; 64, 2008, 332; Weed Sci. 57, 2009, 108; Austral. J. Agricult. Res. 58, 2007, 708; Science 316, 2007, 1185; and references quoted therein. Several cultivated plants have been rendered tolerant to herbicides by conventional methods of breeding (mutagenesis), e. g. Clearfield® summer rape (Canola, BASF SE, Germany) being tolerant to imidazolinones, e. g. imazamox, or ExpressSun® sunflowers (DuPont, USA) being tolerant to sulfonyl ureas, e. g. tribenuron. Genetic engineering methods have been used to render cultivated plants such as soybean, cotton, corn, beets and rape, tolerant to herbicides such as glyphosate and glufosinate, some of which are commercially available under the trade names RoundupReady® (glyphosate-tolerant, Monsanto, U.S.A.), Cultivance® (imidazolinone tolerant, BASF SE, Germany) and LibertyLink® (glufosinate-tolerant, Bayer CropScience, Germany).

Furthermore, plants are also covered that are by the use of recombinant DNA techniques capable to synthesize one or more insecticidal proteins, especially those known from the bacterial genus Bacillus, particularly from Bacillus thuringiensis, such as δ-endotoxins, e. g. CryIA(b), CryIA(c), CryIF, CryIF(a2), CryIIA(b), CryIIIA, CryIIIB(b1) or Cry9c; vegetative insecticidal proteins (VIP), e. g. VIP1, VIP2, VIP3 or VIP3A; insecticidal proteins of bacteria colonizing nematodes, e. g. Photorhabdus spp. or Xenorhabdus spp.; toxins produced by animals, such as scorpion toxins, arachnid toxins, wasp toxins, or other insect-specific neurotoxins; toxins produced by fungi, such Streptomycetes toxins, plant lectins, such as pea or barley lectins; agglutinins; proteinase inhibitors, such as trypsin inhibitors, serine protease inhibitors, patatin, cystatin or papain inhibitors; ribosome-inactivating proteins (RIP), such as ricin, maize-RIP, abrin, luffin, saporin or bryodin; steroid metabolism enzymes, such as 3-hydroxysteroid oxidase, ecdysteroid-IDP-glycosyl-transferase, cholesterol oxidases, ecdysone inhibitors or HMG-CoA-reductase; ion channel blockers, such as blockers of sodium or calcium channels; juvenile hormone esterase; diuretic hormone receptors (helicokinin receptors); stilbene synthase, bibenzyl synthase, chitinases or glucanases. In the context of the present invention these insecticidal proteins or toxins are to be understood expressly also as pre-toxins, hybrid proteins, truncated or otherwise modified proteins. Hybrid proteins are characterized by a new combination of protein domains, (see, e. g. WO 02/015701). Further examples of such toxins or genetically modified plants capable of synthesizing such toxins are disclosed, e. g., in EP-A 374 753, WO 93/007278,

WO 95/34656, EP-A 427 529, EP-A 451 878, WO 03/18810 und WO 03/52073. The methods for producing such genetically modified plants are generally known to the person skilled in the art and are described, e. g. in the publications mentioned above. These insecticidal proteins contained in the genetically modified plants impart to the plants producing these proteins tolerance to harmful pests from all taxonomic groups of arthropods, especially to beetles (Coeloptera), two-winged insects (Diptera), and moths (Lepidoptera) and to nematodes (Nematoda). Genetically modified plants capable to synthesize one or more insecticidal proteins are, e. g., described in the publications mentioned above, and some of which are commercially available such as YieldGard® (corn cultivars producing the Cry1Ab toxin), YieldGard® Plus (corn cultivars producing Cry1Ab and Cry3Bb1 toxins), Starlink® (corn cultivars producing the Cry9c toxin), Herculex® RW (corn cultivars producing Cry34Ab1, Cry35Ab1 and the enzyme phosphinothricin-N-acetyltransferase [PAT]); NuCOTN® 33B (cotton cultivars producing the Cry1Ac toxin), Bollgard® I (cotton cultivars producing the Cry1Ac toxin), Bollgard® II (cotton cultivars producing Cry1Ac and Cry2Ab2 toxins); VIPCOT® (cotton cultivars producing a VIP-toxin); NewLeaf® (potato cultivars producing the Cry3A toxin); Bt-Xtra®, NatureGard®, KnockOut®, BiteGard®, Protecta®, Bt11 (e. g. Agrisure® CB) and Bt176 from Syngenta Seeds SAS, France, (corn cultivars producing the Cry1Ab toxin and PAT enyzme), MIR604 from Syngenta Seeds SAS, France (corn cultivars producing a modified version of the Cry3A toxin, c.f. WO 03/018810), MON 863 from Monsanto Europe S.A., Belgium (corn cultivars producing the Cry3Bb1 toxin), IPC 531 from Monsanto Europe S.A., Belgium (cotton cultivars producing a modified version of the Cry1Ac toxin) and 1507 from Pioneer Overseas Corporation, Belgium (corn cultivars producing the Cry1F toxin and PAT enzyme).

Furthermore, plants are also covered that are by the use of recombinant DNA techniques capable to synthesize one or more proteins to increase the resistance or tolerance of those plants to bacterial, viral or fungal pathogens. Examples of such proteins are the so-called "pathogenesisrelated proteins" (PR proteins, see, e. g. EP-A 392 225), plant disease resistance genes (e. g. potato cultivars, which express resistance genes acting against Phytophthora infestans derived from the Mexican wild potato Solanum bulbocastanum) or T4-lysozym (e. g. potato cultivars capable of synthesizing these proteins with increased resistance against bacteria such as Erwinia amylvora). The methods for producing such genetically modified plants are generally known to the person skilled in the art and are described, e. g. in the publications mentioned above.

Furthermore, plants are also covered that are by the use of recombinant DNA techniques capable to synthesize one or more proteins to increase the productivity (e. g. bio mass production, grain yield, starch content, oil content or protein content), tolerance to drought, salinity or other growth-limiting environmental factors or tolerance to pests and fungal, bacterial or viral pathogens of those plants.

Furthermore, plants are also covered that contain by the use of recombinant DNA techniques a modified amount of substances of content or new substances of content, specifically to improve human or animal nutrition, e. g. oil crops that produce health-promoting long-chain omega-3 fatty acids or unsaturated omega-9 fatty acids (e. g. Nexera® rape, DOW Agro Sciences, Canada).

Furthermore, plants are also covered that contain by the use of recombinant DNA techniques a modified amount of substances of content or new substances of content, specifically to improve raw material production, e. g. potatoes that produce increased amounts of amylopectin (e. g. Amflora® potato, BASF SE, Germany).

The compounds I and compositions thereof, respectively, are particularly suitable for controlling the following plant diseases:

The compounds I and compositions thereof, respectively, are also suitable for controlling harmful fungi in the protection of stored products or harvest and in the protection of materials.

The term "protection of materials" is to be understood to denote the protection of technical and non-living materials, such as adhesives, glues, wood, paper and paperboard, textiles, leather, paint dispersions, plastics, cooling lubricants, fiber or fabrics, against the infestation and destruction by harmful microorganisms, such as fungi and bacteria. As to the protection of wood and other materials, the particular attention is paid to the following harmful fungi: Ascomycetes such as Ophiostoma spp., Ceratocystis spp., Aureobasidium pullulans, Sclerophoma spp., Chaetomium spp., Humicola spp., Petriella spp., Trichurus spp.; Basidiomycetes such as Coniophora spp., Coriolus spp., Gloeophyllum spp., Lentinus spp., Pleurotus spp., Poria spp., Serpula spp. and Tyromyces spp., Deuteromycetes such as Aspergillus spp., Cladosporium spp., Penicillium spp., Trichoderma spp., Alternaria spp., Paecilomyces spp. and Zygomycetes such as Mucorspp., and in addition in the protection of stored products and harvest the following yeast fungi are worthy of note: Candida spp. and Saccharomyces cerevisae.

The method of treatment according to the invention can also be used in the field of protecting stored products or harvest against attack of fungi and microorganisms. According to the present invention, the term "stored products" is understood to denote natural substances of plant or animal origin and their processed forms, which have been taken from the natural life cycle and for which long-term protection is desired. Stored products of crop plant origin, such as plants or parts thereof, for example stalks, leafs, tubers, seeds, fruits or grains, can be protected in the freshly harvested state or in processed form, such as pre-dried, moistened, comminuted, ground, pressed or roasted, which process is also known as post-harvest treatment. Also falling under the definition of stored products is timber, whether in the form of crude timber, such as construction timber, electricity pylons and barriers, or in the form of finished articles, such as furniture or objects made from wood. Stored products of animal origin are hides, leather, furs, hairs and the like. The combinations according the present invention can prevent disadvantageous effects such as decay, discoloration or mold. Preferably "stored products" is understood to denote natural substances of plant origin and their processed forms, more preferably fruits and their processed forms, such as pomes, stone fruits, soft fruits and citrus fruits and their processed forms.

The compounds I and compositions thereof, respectively, may be used for improving the health of a plant. The invention also relates to a method for improving plant health by treating a plant, its propagation material and/or the locus where the plant is growing or is to grow with an effective amount of compounds I and compositions thereof, respectively.

The term "plant health" is to be understood to denote a condition of the plant and/or its products which is determined by several indicators alone or in combination with each other such as yield (e. g. increased biomass and/or increased content of valuable ingredients), plant vigor (e. g. improved plant growth and/or greener leaves ("greening effect")), quality (e. g. improved content or composition of certain ingredients) and tolerance to abiotic and/or biotic stress. The above identified indicators for the health condition of a plant may be interdependent or may result from each other.

The compounds of formula I can be present in different crystal modifications whose biological activity may differ. They are likewise subject matter of the present invention.

The compounds I are employed as such or in form of compositions by treating the fungi or the plants, plant propagation materials, such as seeds, soil, surfaces, materials or rooms to be protected from fungal attack with a fungicidally effective amount of the active substances. The application can be carried out both before and after the infection of the plants, plant propagation materials, such as seeds, soil, surfaces, materials or rooms by the fungi.

Plant propagation materials may be treated with compounds I as such or a composition comprising at least one compound I prophylactically either at or before planting or transplanting.

The invention also relates to agrochemical compositions comprising an auxiliary and at least one compound I according to the invention.

An agrochemical composition comprises a fungicidally effective amount of a compound I. The term "effective amount" denotes an amount of the composition or of the compounds I, which is sufficient for controlling harmful fungi on cultivated plants or in the protection of materials and which does not result in a substantial damage to the treated plants. Such an amount can vary in a broad range and is dependent on various factors, such as the fungal species to be controlled, the treated cultivated plant or material, the climatic conditions and the specific compound I used.

The compounds I, their N-oxides and salts can be converted into customary types of agrochemical compositions, e. g. solutions, emulsions, suspensions, dusts, powders, pastes, granules, pressings, capsules, and mixtures thereof. Examples for composition types are suspensions (e. g. SC, OD, FS), emulsifiable concentrates (e. g. EC), emulsions (e. g. EW, EO, ES, ME), capsules (e. g. CS, ZC), pastes, pastilles, wettable powders or dusts (e. g. WP, SP, WS, DP, DS), pressings (e. g. BR, TB, DT), granules (e. g. WG, SG, GR, FG, GG, MG), insecticidal articles (e. g. LN), as well as gel formulations for the treatment of plant propagation materials such as seeds (e. g. GF). These and further compositions types are defined in the "Catalogue of pesticide formulation types and international coding system", Technical Monograph No. 2, 6th Ed. May 2008, CropLife International.

The compositions are prepared in a known manner, such as described by Mollet and Grubemann, Formulation technology, Wiley VCH, Weinheim, 2001; or Knowles, New developments in crop protection product formulation, Agrow Reports DS243, T&F Informa, London, 2005.

Suitable auxiliaries are solvents, liquid carriers, solid carriers or fillers, surfactants, dispersants, emulsifiers, wetters, adjuvants, solubilizers, penetration enhancers, protective colloids, adhesion agents, thickeners, humectants, repellents, attractants, feeding stimulants, compatibilizers, bactericides, anti-freezing agents, anti-foaming agents, colorants, tackifiers and binders.

Suitable solvents and liquid carriers are water and organic solvents, such as mineral oil fractions of medium to high boiling point, e. g. kerosene, diesel oil; oils of vegetable or animal origin; aliphatic, cyclic and aromatic hydrocarbons, e. g. toluene, paraffin, tetrahydronaphthalene, alkylated naphthalenes; alcohols, e. g. ethanol, propanol, butanol, benzyl alcohol, cyclohexanol; glycols; DMSO; ketones, e. g. cyclohexanone; esters, e. g. lactates, carbonates, fatty acid esters, gamma-butyrolactone; fatty acids; phosphonates; amines; amides, e. g. N-methyl pyrrolidone, fatty acid dimethyl amides; and mixtures thereof.

Suitable solid carriers or fillers are mineral earths, e. g. silicates, silica gels, talc, kaolins, limestone, lime, chalk, clays, dolomite, diatomaceous earth, bentonite, calcium sulfate, magnesium sulfate, magnesium oxide; polysaccharides, e. g. cellulose, starch; fertilizers, e. g. ammonium sulfate, ammonium phosphate, ammonium nitrate, ureas; products of vegetable origin, e. g. cereal meal, tree bark meal, wood meal, nutshell meal, and mixtures thereof.

Suitable surfactants are surface-active compounds, such as anionic, cationic, nonionic and amphoteric surfactants, block polymers, polyelectrolytes, and mixtures thereof. Such surfactants can be used as emulsifier, dispersant, solubilizer, wetter, penetration enhancer, protective colloid, or adjuvant. Examples of surfactants are listed in McCutcheon's, Vol.1: Emulsifiers & Detergents, McCutcheon's Directories, Glen Rock, USA, 2008 (International Ed. or North American Ed.).

Suitable anionic surfactants are alkali, alkaline earth or ammonium salts of sulfonates, sulfates, phosphates, carboxylates, and mixtures thereof. Examples of sulfonates are alkylaryl sulfonates, diphenyl sulfonates, alpha-olefin sulfonates, lignin sulfonates, sulfonates of fatty acids and oils, sulfonates of ethoxylated alkylphenols, sulfonates of alkoxylated arylphenols, sulfonates of condensed naphthalenes, sulfonates of dodecyl- and tridecylbenzenes, sulfonates of naphthalenes and alkyl naphthalenes, sulfosuccinates or sulfosuccinamates. Examples of sulfates are sulfates of fatty acids and oils, of ethoxylated alkylphenols, of alcohols, of ethoxylated alcohols, or of fatty acid esters. Examples of phosphates are phosphate esters. Examples of carboxylates are alkyl carboxylates, and carboxylated alcohol or alkylphenol ethoxylates.

Suitable nonionic surfactants are alkoxylates, N-substituted fatty acid amides, amine oxides, esters, sugar-based surfactants, polymeric surfactants, and mixtures thereof. Examples of alkoxylates are compounds such as alcohols, alkylphenols, amines, amides, arylphenols, fatty acids or fatty acid esters which have been alkoxylated with 1 to 50 equivalents. Ethylene oxide and/or propylene oxide may be employed for the alkoxylation, preferably ethylene oxide. Examples of N-substituted fatty acid amides are fatty acid glucamides or fatty acid alkanolamides. Examples of esters are fatty acid esters, glycerol esters or monoglycerides. Examples of sugar-based surfactants are sorbitans, ethoxylated sorbitans, sucrose and glucose esters or alkylpolyglucosides. Examples of polymeric surfactants are home- or copolymers of vinyl pyrrolidone, vinyl alcohols, or vinyl acetate.

Suitable cationic surfactants are quaternary surfactants, for example quaternary ammonium compounds with one or two hydrophobic groups, or salts of long-chain primary amines. Suitable amphoteric surfactants are alkylbetains and imidazolines. Suitable block polymers are block polymers of the A-B or A-B-A type comprising blocks of polyethylene oxide and polypropylene oxide, or of the A-B-C type comprising alkanol, polyethylene oxide and polypropylene oxide. Suitable polyelectrolytes are polyacids or polybases. Examples of polyacids are alkali salts of polyacrylic acid or polyacid comb polymers. Examples of polybases are polyvinyl amines or polyethylene amines.

Suitable adjuvants are compounds, which have a negligible or even no pesticidal activity themselves, and which improve the biological performance of the compound I on the target. Examples are surfactants, mineral or vegetable oils, and other auxiliaries. Further examples are listed by Knowles, Adjuvants and additives, Agrow Reports DS256, T&F Informa UK, 2006, chapter 5.

Suitable thickeners are polysaccharides (e. g. xanthan gum, carboxymethyl cellulose), inorganic clays (organically modified or unmodified), polycarboxylates, and silicates.

Suitable bactericides are bronopol and isothiazolinone derivatives such as alkylisothiazolinones and benzisothiazolinones.

Suitable anti-freezing agents are ethylene glycol, propylene glycol, urea and glycerin.

Suitable anti-foaming agents are silicones, long chain alcohols, and salts of fatty acids.

Suitable colorants (e. g. in red, blue, or green) are pigments of low water solubility and water-soluble dyes. Examples are inorganic colorants (e. g. iron oxide, titan oxide, iron hexacyanoferrate) and organic colorants (e. g. alizarin-, azo- and phthalocyanine colorants).

Suitable tackifiers or binders are polyvinyl pyrrolidones, polyvinyl acetates, polyvinyl alcohols, polyacrylates, biological or synthetic waxes, and cellulose ethers.

Examples for composition types and their preparation are:

  1. i) Water-soluble concentrates (SL, LS)
    10-60 wt% of a compound I and 5-15 wt% wetting agent (e. g. alcohol alkoxylates) are dissolved in water and/or in a water-soluble solvent (e. g. alcohols) ad 100 wt%. The active substance dissolves upon dilution with water.
  2. ii) Dispersible concentrates (DC)
    5-25 wt% of a compound I and 1-10 wt% dispersant (e. g. polyvinyl pyrrolidone) are dissolved in organic solvent (e. g. cyclohexanone) ad 100 wt%. Dilution with water gives a dispersion.
  3. iii) Emulsifiable concentrates (EC)
    15-70 wt% of a compound I and 5-10 wt% emulsifiers (e. g. calcium dodecylbenzenesulfonate and castor oil ethoxylate) are dissolved in water-insoluble organic solvent (e. g. aromatic hydrocarbon) ad 100 wt%. Dilution with water gives an emulsion.
  4. iv) Emulsions (EW, EO, ES)
    5-40 wt% of a compound I and 1-10 wt% emulsifiers (e. g. calcium dodecylbenzenesulfonate and castor oil ethoxylate) are dissolved in 20-40 wt% water-insoluble organic solvent (e. g. aromatic hydrocarbon). This mixture is introduced into water ad 100 wt% by means of an emulsifying machine and made into a homogeneous emulsion. Dilution with water gives an emulsion.
  5. v) Suspensions (SC, OD, FS)
    In an agitated ball mill, 20-60 wt% of a compound I are comminuted with addition of 2-10 wt% dispersants and wetting agents (e. g. sodium lignosulfonate and alcohol ethoxylate), 0.1-2 wt% thickener (e. g. xanthan gum) and water ad 100 wt% to give a fine active substance suspension. Dilution with water gives a stable suspension of the active substance. For FS type composition up to 40 wt% binder (e. g. polyvinyl alcohol) is added.
  6. vi) Water-dispersible granules and water-soluble granules (WG, SG)
    50-80 wt% of a compound I are ground finely with addition of dispersants and wetting agents (e. g. sodium lignosulfonate and alcohol ethoxylate) ad 100 wt% and prepared as water-dispersible or water-soluble granules by means of technical appliances (e. g. extrusion, spray tower, fluidized bed). Dilution with water gives a stable dispersion or solution of the active substance.
  7. vii) Water-dispersible powders and water-soluble powders (WP, SP, WS)
    50-80 wt% of a compound I are ground in a rotor-stator mill with addition of 1-5 wt% dispersants (e. g. sodium lignosulfonate), 1-3 wt% wetting agents (e. g. alcohol ethoxylate) and solid carrier (e. g. silica gel) ad 100 wt%. Dilution with water gives a stable dispersion or solution of the active substance.
  8. viii) Gel (GW, GF)
    In an agitated ball mill, 5-25 wt% of a compound I are comminuted with addition of 3-10 wt% dispersants (e. g. sodium lignosulfonate), 1-5 wt% thickener (e. g. carboxymethyl cellulose) and water ad 100 wt% to give a fine suspension of the active substance. Dilution with water gives a stable suspension of the active substance.
  9. ix) Microemulsion (ME)
    5-20 wt% of a compound I are added to 5-30 wt% organic solvent blend (e. g. fatty acid dimethyl amide and cyclohexanone), 10-25 wt% surfactant blend (e. g. alcohol ethoxylate and arylphenol ethoxylate), and water ad 100 %. This mixture is stirred for 1 h to produce spontaneously a thermodynamically stable microemulsion.
  10. x) Microcapsules (CS)
    An oil phase comprising 5-50 wt% of a compound I, 0-40 wt% water insoluble organic solvent (e. g. aromatic hydrocarbon), 2-15 wt% acrylic monomers (e. g. methylmethacrylate, methacrylic acid and a di- or triacrylate) are dispersed into an aqueous solution of a protective colloid (e. g. polyvinyl alcohol). Radical polymerization results in the formation of poly(meth)acrylate microcapsules. Alternatively, an oil phase comprising 5-50 wt% of a compound I according to the invention, 0-40 wt% water insoluble organic solvent (e. g. aromatic hydrocarbon), and an isocyanate monomer (e. g. diphenylmethene-4,4'-diisocyanatae) are dispersed into an aqueous solution of a protective colloid (e. g. polyvinyl alcohol). The addition of a polyamine (e. g. hexamethylenediamine) results in the formation of polyurea microcapsules. The monomers amount to 1-10 wt%. The wt% relate to the total CS composition.
  11. xi) Dustable powders (DP, DS)
    1-10 wt% of a compound I are ground finely and mixed intimately with solid carrier (e. g. finely divided kaolin) ad 100 wt%.
  12. xii) Granules (GR, FG)
    0.5-30 wt% of a compound I is ground finely and associated with solid carrier (e. g. silicate) ad 100 wt%. Granulation is achieved by extrusion, spray-drying or fluidized bed.
  13. xiii) Ultra-low volume liquids (UL)
    1-50 wt% of a compound I are dissolved in organic solvent (e. g. aromatic hydrocarbon) ad 100 wt%.

The compositions types i) to xiii) may optionally comprise further auxiliaries, such as 0.1-1 wt% bactericides, 5-15 wt% anti-freezing agents, 0.1-1 wt% anti-foaming agents, and 0.1-1 wt% colorants.

The agrochemical compositions generally comprise between 0.01 and 95%, preferably between 0.1 and 90%, and in particular between 0.5 and 75%, by weight of active substance. The active substances are employed in a purity of from 90% to 100%, preferably from 95% to 100% (according to NMR spectrum).

For the purposes of treatment of plant propagation materials, particularly seeds, solutions for seed treatment (LS), Suspoemulsions (SE), flowable concentrates (FS), powders for dry treatment (DS), water-dispersible powders for slurry treatment (WS), water-soluble powders (SS), emulsions (ES), emulsifiable concentrates (EC), and gels (GF) are usually employed. The compositions in question give, after two-to-tenfold dilution, active substance concentrations of from 0.01 to 60% by weight, preferably from 0.1 to 40%, in the ready-to-use preparations. Application can be carried out before or during sowing. Methods for applying compound I and compositions thereof, respectively, onto plant propagation material, especially seeds, include dressing, coating, pelleting, dusting, and soaking as well as in-furrow application methods. Preferably, compound I or the compositions thereof, respectively, are applied on to the plant propagation material by a method such that germination is not induced, e. g. by seed dressing, pelleting, coating and dusting.

When employed in plant protection, the amounts of active substances applied are, depending on the kind of effect desired, from 0.001 to 2 kg per ha, preferably from 0.005 to 2 kg per ha, more preferably from 0.05 to 0.9 kg per ha, and in particular from 0.1 to 0.75 kg per ha.

In treatment of plant propagation materials such as seeds, e. g. by dusting, coating or drenching seed, amounts of active substance of from 0.1 to 1000 g, preferably from 1 to 1000 g, more preferably from 1 to 100 g and most preferably from 5 to 100 g, per 100 kilogram of plant propagation material (preferably seeds) are generally required.

When used in the protection of materials or stored products, the amount of active substance applied depends on the kind of application area and on the desired effect. Amounts customarily applied in the protection of materials are 0.001 g to 2 kg, preferably 0.005 g to 1 kg, of active substance per cubic meter of treated material.

Various types of oils, wetters, adjuvants, fertilizer, or micronutrients, and further pesticides (e. g. herbicides, insecticides, fungicides, growth regulators, safeners, biopesticides) may be added to the active substances or the compositions comprising them as premix or, if appropriate not until immediately prior to use (tank mix). These agents can be admixed with the compositions according to the invention in a weight ratio of 1:100 to 100:1, preferably 1:10 to 10:1.

A pesticide is generally a chemical or biological agent (such as pestidal active ingredient, compound, composition, virus, bacterium, antimicrobial or disinfectant) that through its effect deters, incapacitates, kills or otherwise discourages pests. Target pests can include insects, plant pathogens, weeds, mollusks, birds, mammals, fish, nematodes (roundworms), and microbes that destroy property, cause nuisance, spread disease or are vectors for disease. The term pesticides includes also plant growth regulators that alter the expected growth, flowering, or reproduction rate of plants; defoliants that cause leaves or other foliage to drop from a plant, usually to facilitate harvest; desiccants that promote drying of living tissues, such as unwanted plant tops; plant activators that activate plant physiology for defense of against certain pests; safeners that reduce unwanted herbicidal action of pesticides on crop plants; and plant growth promoters that affect plant physiology to increase plant growth, biomass, yield or any other quality parameter of the harvestable goods of a crop plant.

Biopesticides have been defined as a form of pesticides based on micro-organisms (bacteria, fungi, viruses, nematodes, etc.) or natural products (compounds, such as metabolites, proteins, or extracts from biological or other natural sources) (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/biopesticides/).

Biopesticides are typically created by growing and concentrating naturally occurring organisms and/or their metabolites including bacteria and other microbes, fungi, viruses, nematodes, proteins, etc. They are often considered to be important components of integrated pest management (IPM) programs.

Biopesticides fall into two major classes, microbial and biochemical pesticides:

  1. (1) Microbial pesticides consist of bacteria, fungi or viruses (and often include the metabolites that bacteria and fungi produce). Entomopathogenic nematodes are also classed as microbial pesticides, even though they are multi-cellular.
  2. (2) Biochemical pesticides are naturally occurring substances that control pests or provide other crop protection uses as defined below, but are relatively non-toxic to mammals.

The user applies the composition according to the invention usually from a predosage device, a knapsack sprayer, a spray tank, a spray plane, or an irrigation system. Usually, the agrochemical composition is made up with water, buffer, and/or further auxiliaries to the desired application concentration and the ready-to-use spray liquor or the agrochemical composition according to the invention is thus obtained. Usually, 20 to 2000 liters, preferably 50 to 400 liters, of the ready-to-use spray liquor are applied per hectare of agricultural useful area.

According to one embodiment, individual components of the composition according to the invention such as parts of a kit or parts of a binary or ternary mixture may be mixed by the user himself in a spray tank or any other kind of vessel used for applications (e. g. seed treater drums, seed pelleting machinery, knapsack sprayer) and further auxiliaries may be added, if appropriate.

When living microorganisms, such as pesticides from groups L1), L3) and L5), form part of such kit, it must be taken care that choice and amounts of the components (e. g. chemical pesticidal agents) and of the further auxiliaries should not influence the viability of the microbial pesticides in the composition mixed by the user. Especially for bactericides and solvents, compatibility with the respective microbial pesticide has to be taken into account.

Consequently, one embodiment of the invention is a kit for preparing a usable pesticidal composition, the kit comprising a) a composition comprising component 1) as defined herein and at least one auxiliary; and b) a composition comprising component 2) as defined herein and at least one auxiliary; and optionally c) a composition comprising at least one auxiliary and optionally a further active component 3) as defined herein.

Mixing the compounds I or the compositions comprising them in the use form as fungicides with other fungicides results in many cases in an expansion of the fungicidal spectrum of activity being obtained or in a prevention of fungicide resistance development. Furthermore, in many cases, synergistic effects are obtained.

The following list of pesticides II (e. g. pesticidally-active substances and biopesticides), in conjunction with which the compounds I can be used, is intended to illustrate the possible combinations but does not limit them:

  1. A) Respiration inhibitors
    • Inhibitors of complex III at Qo site (e. g. strobilurins): azoxystrobin (A.1.1), coumethoxystrobin (A.1.2), coumoxystrobin (A.1.3), dimoxystrobin (A.1.4), enestroburin (A.1.5), fenaminstrobin (A.1.6), fenoxystrobin/flufenoxystrobin (A.1.7), fluoxastrobin (A.1.8), kresoxim-methyl (A.1.9), mandestrobin (A.1.10), metominostrobin (A.1.11), orysastrobin (A.1.12), picoxystrobin (A.1.13), pyraclostrobin (A.1.14), pyrametostrobin (A.1.15), pyraoxystrobin (A.1.16), trifloxystrobin (A.1.17) and 2-(2-(3-(2,6-dichlorophenyl)-1-methyl-allylideneaminooxymethyl)-phenyl)-2-methoxyimino-N-methyl-acetamide (A.1.18), pyribencarb (A.1.19), triclopyricarb/chlorodincarb (A.1.20), famoxadone (A.1.21), fenamidone (A.1.21);
    • inhibitors of complex III at Qi site: cyazofamid (A.2.1), amisulbrom (A.2.2), [(3S,6S,7R,8R)-8-benzyl-3-[(3-acetoxy-4-methoxy-pyridine-2-carbonyl)amino]-6-methyl-4,9-dioxo-1,5-dioxonan-7-yl] 2-methylpropanoate (A.2.3), [(3S,6S,7R,8R)-8-benzyl-3-[[3-(acetoxymethoxy)-4-methoxy-pyridine-2-carbonyl]amino]-6-methyl-4,9-dioxo-1,5-dioxonan-7-yl] 2-methylpropanoate (A.2.4), [(3S,6S,7R,8R)-8-benzyl-3-[(3-isobutoxycarbonyloxy-4-methoxy-pyridine-2-carbonyl)amino]-6-methyl-4,9-dioxo-1,5-dioxonan-7-yl] 2-methylpropanoate (A.2.5), [(3S,6S,7R,8R)-8-benzyl-3-[[3-(1,3-benzodioxol-5-ylmethoxy)-4-methoxy-pyridine-2-carbonyl]amino]-6-methyl-4,9-dioxo-1,5-dioxonan-7-yl] 2-methylpropanoate (A.2.6); (3S,6S,7R,8R)-3-[[(3-hydroxy-4-methoxy-2-pyridinyl)carbonyl]amino]-6-methyl-4,9-dioxo-8-(phenylmethyl)-1,5-dioxonan-7-yl 2-methylpropanoate (A.2.7);
    • inhibitors of complex II (e. g. carboxamides): benodanil (A.3.1), benzovindiflupyr (A.3.2), bixafen (A.3.3), boscalid (A.3.4), carboxin (A.3.5), fenfuram (A.3.6), fluopyram (A.3.7), flutolanil (A.3.8), fluxapyroxad (A.3.9), furametpyr (A.3.10), isofetamid (A.3.11), isopyrazam (A.3.12), mepronil (A.3.13), oxycarboxin (A.3.14), penflufen (A.3.14), penthiopyrad (A.3.15), sedaxane (A.3.16), tecloftalam (A.3.17), thifluzamide (A.3.18), N-(4'-trifluoromethylthiobiphenyl-2-yl)-3-difluoromethyl-1-methyl-1 H-pyrazole-4-carboxamide (A.3.19), N-(2-(1,3,3-trimethyl-butyl)-phenyl)-1,3-dimethyl-5-fluoro-1H-pyrazole-4-carboxamide (A.3.20), 3-(difluoromethyl)-1-methyl-N-(1,1,3-trimethylindan-4-yl)pyrazole-4-carboxamide (A.3.21), 3-(trifluoromethyl)-1-methyl-N-(1,1,3-trimethylindan-4-yl)pyrazole-4-carboxamide (A.3.22), 1,3-dimethyl-N-(1,1,3-trimethylindan-4-yl)pyrazole-4-carboxamide (A.3.23), 3-(trifluoromethyl)-1,5-dimethyl-N-(1,1,3-trimethylindan-4-yl)pyrazole-4-carboxamide (A.3.24), 1,3,5-trimethyl-N-(1,1,3-trimethylindan-4-yl)pyrazole-4-carboxamide (A.3.25), N-(7-fluoro-1,1,3-trimethyl-indan-4-yl)-1,3-dimethyl-pyrazole-4-carboxamide (A.3.26), N-[2-(2,4-dichlorophenyl)-2-methoxy-1-methyl-ethyl]-3-(difluoromethyl)-1-methylpyrazole-4-carboxamide (A.3.27);
    • other respiration inhibitors (e. g. complex I, uncouplers): diflumetorim (A.4.1), (5,8-difluoroquinazolin-4-yl)-{2-[2-fluoro-4-(4-trifluoromethylpyridin-2-yloxy)-phenyl]-ethyl}-amine (A.4.2); nitrophenyl derivates: binapacryl (A.4.3), dinobuton (A.4.4), dinocap (A.4.5), fluazinam (A.4.6); ferimzone (A.4.7); organometal compounds: fentin salts, such as fentin-acetate (A.4.8), fentin chloride (A.4.9) or fentin hydroxide (A.4.10); ametoctradin (A.4.11); and silthiofam (A.4.12);
  2. B) Sterol biosynthesis inhibitors (SBI fungicides)
    • C14 demethylase inhibitors (DMI fungicides): triazoles: azaconazole (B.1.1), bitertanol (B.1.2), bromuconazole (B.1.3), cyproconazole (B.1.4), difenoconazole (B.1.5), diniconazole (B.1.6), diniconazole-M (B.1.7), epoxiconazole (B.1.8), fenbuconazole (B.1.9), fluquinconazole (B.1.10), flusilazole (B.1.11), flutriafol (B.1.12), hexaconazole (B.1.13), imibenconazole (B.1.14), ipconazole (B.1.15), metconazole (B.1.17), myclobutanil (B.1.18), oxpoconazole (B.1.19), paclobutrazole (B.1.20), penconazole (B.1.21), propiconazole (B.1.22), prothioconazole (B.1.23), simeconazole (B.1.24), tebuconazole (B.1.25), tetraconazole (B.1.26), triadimefon (B.1.27), triadimenol (B.1.28), triticonazole (B.1.29), uniconazole (B.1.30), 1-[rel-(2S;3R)-3-(2-chlorophenyl)-2-(2,4-difluorophenyl)-oxiranylmethyl]-5-thiocyanato-1 H-[1,2,4]triazolo (B.1.31), 2-[rel-(2S;3R)-3-(2-chlorophenyl)-2-(2,4-difluorophenyl)-oxiranylmethyl]-2H-[1,2,4]triazole-3-thiol (B.1.32), 2-[2-chloro-4-(4-chlorophenoxy)phenyl]-1-(1,2,4-triazol-1-yl)pentan-2-ol (B.1.33), 1-[4-(4-chlorophenoxy)-2-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]-1-cyclopropyl-2-(1,2,4-triazol-1-yl)ethanol (B.1.34), 2-[4-(4-chlorophenoxy)-2-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]-1-(1,2,4-triazol-1-yl)butan-2-ol (B.1.35), 2-[2-chloro-4-(4-chlorophenoxy)phenyl]-1-(1,2,4-triazol-1-yl)butan-2-ol (B.1.36), 2-[4-(4-chlorophenoxy)-2-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]-3-methyl-1-(1,2,4-triazol-1-yl)butan-2-ol (B.1.37), 2-[4-(4-chlorophenoxy)-2-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]-1-(1,2,4-triazol-1-yl)propan-2-ol (B.1.38), 2-[2-chloro-4-(4-chlorophenoxy)phenyl]-3-methyl-1-(1,2,4-triazol-1-yl)butan-2-ol (B.1.39), 2-[4-(4-chlorophenoxy)-2-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]-1-(1,2,4-triazol-1-yl)pentan-2-ol (B.1.40), 2-[4-(4-fluorophenoxy)-2-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]-1-(1,2,4-triazol-1-yl)propan-2-ol (B.1.41); imidazoles: imazalil (B.1.42), pefurazoate (B.1.43), prochloraz (B.1.44), triflumizol (B.1.45); pyrimidines, pyridines and piperazines: fenarimol (B.1.46), nuarimol (B.1.47), pyrifenox (B.1.48), triforine (B.1.49), [3-(4-chloro-2-fluoro-phenyl)-5-(2,4-difluorophenyl)isoxazol-4-yl]-(3-pyridyl)methanol (B.1.50), 2-[2-chloro-4-(4-chlorophenoxy)phenyl]-1-(1,2,4-triazol-1-yl)pent-3-yn-2-ol (B.1.51);
    • Delta14-reductase inhibitors: aldimorph (B.2.1), dodemorph (B.2.2), dodemorph-acetate (B.2.3), fenpropimorph (B.2.4), tridemorph (B.2.5), fenpropidin (B.2.6), piperalin (B.2.7), spirox-amine (B.2.8);
    • Inhibitors of 3-keto reductase: fenhexamid (B.3.1);
  3. C) Nucleic acid synthesis inhibitors
    • phenylamides or acyl amino acid fungicides: benalaxyl (C.1.1), benalaxyl-M (C.1.2), kiralaxyl (C.1.3), metalaxyl (C.1.4), metalaxyl-M (mefenoxam, C.1.5), ofurace (C.1.6), oxadixyl (C.1.7);
    • others: hymexazole (C.2.1), octhilinone (C.2.2), oxolinic acid (C.2.3), bupirimate (C.2.4), 5-fluorocytosine (C.2.5), 5-fluoro-2-(p-tolylmethoxy)pyrimidin-4-amine (C.2.6), 5-fluoro-2-(4-fluorophenylmethoxy)pyrimidin-4-amine (C.2.7);
  4. D)Inhibitors of cell division and cytoskeleton
    • tubulin inhibitors, such as benzimidazoles, thiophanates: benomyl (D1.1), carbendazim (D1.2), fuberidazole (D1.3), thiabendazole (D1.4), thiophanate-methyl (D1.5); triazolopyrimidines: 5-chloro-7-(4-methylpiperidin-1-yl)-6-(2,4,6-trifluorophenyl)-[1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine (D1.6);
    • other cell division inhibitors: diethofencarb (D2.1), ethaboxam (D2.2), pencycuron (D2.3), fluopicolide (D2.4), zoxamide (D2.5), metrafenone (D2.6), pyriofenone (D2.7);
  5. E)Inhibitors of amino acid and protein synthesis
    • methionine synthesis inhibitors (anilino-pyrimidines): cyprodinil (E.1.1), mepanipyrim (E.1.2), pyrimethanil (E.1.3);
    • protein synthesis inhibitors: blasticidin-S (E.2.1), kasugamycin (E.2.2), kasugamycin hydrochloride-hydrate (E.2.3), mildiomycin (E.2.4), streptomycin (E.2.5), oxytetracyclin (E.2.6), polyoxine (E.2.7), validamycin A (E.2.8);
  6. F) Signal transduction inhibitors
    • MAP / histidine kinase inhibitors: fluoroimid (F.1.1), iprodione (F.1.2), procymidone (F.1.3), vinclozolin (F.1.4), fenpiclonil (F.1.5), fludioxonil (F.1.6);
    • G protein inhibitors: quinoxyfen (F.2.1);
  7. G) Lipid and membrane synthesis inhibitors
    • Phospholipid biosynthesis inhibitors: edifenphos (G.1.1), iprobenfos (G.1.2), pyrazophos (G.1.3), isoprothiolane (G.1.4);
    • lipid peroxidation: dicloran (G.2.1), quintozene (G.2.2), tecnazene (G.2.3), tolclofos-methyl (G.2.4), biphenyl (G.2.5), chloroneb (G.2.6), etridiazole (G.2.7);
    • phospholipid biosynthesis and cell wall deposition: dimethomorph (G.3.1), flumorph (G.3.2), mandipropamid (G.3.3), pyrimorph (G.3.4), benthiavalicarb (G.3.5), iprovalicarb (G.3.6), valifenalate (G.3.7) and N-(1-(1-(4-cyano-phenyl)ethanesulfonyl)-but-2-yl) carbamic acid-(4-fluorophenyl) ester (G.3.8);
    • compounds affecting cell membrane permeability and fatty acides: propamocarb (G.4.1);
    • fatty acid amide hydrolase inhibitors: oxathiapiprolin (G.5.1), 2-{3-[2-(1-{[3,5-bis(difluoromethyl-1H-pyrazol-1-yl]acetyl}piperidin-4-yl)-1,3-thiazol-4-yl]-4,5-dihydro-1,2-oxazol-5-yl}phenyl methanesulfonate (G.5.2), 2-{3-[2-(1-{[3,5-bis(difluoromethyl)-1H-pyrazol-1-yl]acetyl}piperidin-4-yl) 1,3-thiazol-4-yl]-4,5-dihydro-1,2-oxazol-5-yl}-3-chlorophenyl methanesulfonate (G.5.3);
  8. H)Inhibitors with Multi Site Action
    • inorganic active substances: Bordeaux mixture (H.1.1), copper acetate (H.1.2), copper hydroxide (H.1.3), copper oxychloride (H.1.4), basic copper sulfate (H.1.5), sulfur (H.1.6);
    • thio- and dithiocarbamates: ferbam (H.2.1), mancozeb (H.2.2), maneb (H.2.3), metam (H.2.4), metiram (H.2.5), propineb (H.2.6), thiram (H.2.7), zineb (H.2.8), ziram (H.2.9);
    • organochlorine compounds (e. g. phthalimides, sulfamides, chloronitriles): anilazine (H.3.1), chlorothalonil (H.3.2), captafol (H.3.3), captan (H.3.4), folpet (H.3.5), dichlofluanid (H.3.6), dichlorophen (H.3.7), hexachlorobenzene (H.3.8), pentachlorphenole (H.3.9) and its salts, phthalide (H.3.10), tolylfluanid (H.3.11), N-(4-chloro-2-nitro-phenyl)-N-ethyl-4-methylbenzenesulfonamide (H.3.12);
    • guanidines and others: guanidine (H.4.1), dodine (H.4.2), dodine free base (H.4.3), guazatine (H.4.4), guazatine-acetate (H.4.5), iminoctadine (H.4.6), iminoctadine-triacetate (H.4.7), iminoctadine-tris(albesilate) (H.4.8), dithianon (H.4.9), 2,6-dimethyl-1H,5H-[1,4]dithiino[2,3-c:5,6-c']dipyrrole-1,3,5,7(2H,6H)-tetraone (H.4.10);
  9. I) Cell wall synthesis inhibitors
    • inhibitors of glucan synthesis: validamycin (I.1.1), polyoxin B (I.1.2);
    • melanin synthesis inhibitors: pyroquilon (I.2.1), tricyclazole (I.2.2), carpropamid (I.2.3), dicyclomet (I.2.4), fenoxanil (I.2.5);
  10. J) Plant defence inducers
    • acibenzolar-S-methyl (J.1.1), probenazole (J.1.2), isotianil (J.1.3), tiadinil (J.1.4), prohexadione-calcium (J.1.5); phosphonates: fosetyl (J.1.6), fosetyl-aluminum (J.1.7), phosphorous acid and its salts (J.1.8), potassium or sodium bicarbonate (J.1.9);
  11. K)Unknown mode of action
    • bronopol (K.1.1), chinomethionat (K.1.2), cyflufenamid (K.1.3), cymoxanil (K.1.4), dazomet (K.1.5), debacarb (K.1.6), diclomezine (K.1.7), difenzoquat (K.1.8), difenzoquat-methylsulfate (K.1.9), diphenylamin (K.1.10), fenpyrazamine (K.1.11), flumetover (K.1.12), flusulfamide (K.1.13), flutianil (K.1.14), methasulfocarb (K.1.15), nitrapyrin (K.1.16), nitrothalisopropyl (K.1.18), oxathiapiprolin (K.1.19), tolprocarb (K.1.20), oxin-copper (K.1.21), proquinazid (K.1.22), tebufloquin (K.1.23), tecloftalam (K.1.24), triazoxide (K.1.25), 2-butoxy-6-iodo-3-propylchromen-4-one (K.1.26), 2-[3,5-bis(difluoromethyl)-1H-pyrazol-1-yl]-1-[4-(4-{5-[2-(prop-2-yn-1-yloxy)phenyl]-4,5-dihydro-1,2-oxazol-3-yl}-1,3-thiazol-2-yl)piperidin-1-yl]ethanone (K.1.27), 2-[3,5-bis(difluoromethyl)-1H-pyrazol-1-yl]-1-[4-(4-{5-[2-fluoro-6-(prop-2-yn-1yloxy)phenyl]-4,5-dihydro-1,2-oxazol-3-yl}-1,3-thiazol-2-yl)piperidin-1-yl]ethanone (K.1.28), 2-[3,5-bis(difluoromethyl)-1H-pyrazol-1-yl]-1-[4-(4-{5-[2-chloro-6-(prop-2-yn-1-yloxy)phenyl]-4,5-dihydro-1,2-oxazol-3-yl}-1,3-thiazol-2-yl)piperidin-1-yl]ethanone (K.1.29), N-(cyclo-propylmethoxyimino-(6-difluoro-methoxy-2,3-difluoro-phenyl)-methyl)-2-phenyl acetamide (K.1.30), N'-(4-(4-chloro-3-trifluoromethyl-phenoxy)-2,5-dimethyl-phenyl)-N-ethyl-N-methyl formamidine (K.1.31), N'-(4-(4-fluoro-3-trifluoromethyl-phenoxy)-2,5-dimethyl-phenyl)-N-ethyl-N-methyl formamidine (K.1.32), N'-(2-methyl-5-trifluoromethyl-4-(3-trimethylsilanyl-propoxy)-phenyl)-N-ethyl-N-methyl formamidine (K.1.33), N'-(5-difluoromethyl-2-methyl-4-(3-trimethylsilanyl-propoxy)-phenyl)-N-ethyl-N-methyl formamidine (K.1.34), methoxy-acetic acid 6-tert-butyl-8-fluoro-2,3-dimethyl-quinolin-4-yl ester (K.1.35), 3-[5-(4-methylphenyl)-2,3-dimethyl-isoxazolidin-3-yl]-pyridine (K.1.36), 3-[5-(4-chloro-phenyl)-2,3-dimethyl-isoxazolidin-3-yl]-pyridine (pyrisoxazole) (K.1.37), N-(6-methoxy-pyridin-3-yl) cyclopropanecarboxylic acid amide (K.1.38), 5-chloro-1-(4,6-dimethoxy-pyrimidin-2-yl)-2-methyl-1H-benzoimidazole (K.1.39), 2-(4-chloro-phenyl)-N-[4-(3,4-dimethoxy-phenyl)-isoxazol-5-yl]-2-prop-2-ynyloxy-acetamide, ethyl (Z)-3-amino-2-cyano-3-phenyl-prop-2-enoate (K.1.40), picarbutrazox (K.1.41), pentyl N-[6-[[(Z)-[(1-methyltetrazol-5-yl)-phenyl-methylene]amino]oxymethyl]-2-pyridyl]carbamate (K.1.42), 2-[2-[(7,8-difluoro-2-methyl-3-quinolyl)oxy]-6-fluoro-phenyl]propan-2-ol (K.1.43), 2-[2-fluoro-6-[(8-fluoro-2-methyl-3-quinolyl)oxy]phen-yl]propan-2-ol (K.1.44), 3-(5-fluoro-3,3,4,4-tetramethyl-3,4-dihydroisoquinolin-1-yl)quinoline (K.1.45), 3-(4,4-difluoro-3,3-dimethyl-3,4-dihydroisoquinolin-1-yl)quinoline (K.1.46), 3-(4,4,5-trifluoro-3,3-dimethyl-3,4-dihydroisoquinolin-1-yl)quinoline (K.1.47), 9-fluoro-2,2-dimethyl-5-(3-quinolyl)-3H-1,4-benzoxazepine (K.1.48);
  12. L) Biopesticides
    • L1) Microbial pesticides with fungicidal, bactericidal, viricidal and/or plant defense activator activity: Ampelomyces quisqualis, Aspergillus flavus, Aureobasidium pullulans, Bacillus amyloliquefaciens, B. mojavensis, B. pumilus, B. simplex, B. solisalsi, B. subtilis, B. subtilis var. amyloliquefaciens, Candida oleophila, C. saitoana, Clavibacter michiganensis (bacteriophages), Coniothyrium minitans, Cryphonectria parasitica, Cryptococcus albidus, Dilophosphora alopecuri, Fusarium oxysporum, Clonostachys rosea f. catenulate (also named Gliocladium catenulatum), Gliocladium roseum, Lysobacter antibioticus, L. enzymogenes, Metschnikowia fructicola, Microdochium dimerum, Microsphaeropsis ochracea, Muscodor albus, Paenibacillus polymyxa, Pantoea vagans, Phlebiopsis gigantea, Pseudomonas sp., Pseudomonas chloraphis, Pseudozyma flocculosa, Pichia anomala, Pythium oligandrum, Sphaerodes mycoparasitica, Streptomyces griseoviridis, S. lydicus, S. violaceusniger, Talaromyces flavus, Trichoderma asperellum, T. atroviride, T. fertile, T. gamsii, T. harmatum, T. harzianum; mixture of T. harzianum and T. viride; mixture of T. polysporum and T. harzianum; T. stromaticum, T. virens (also named Gliocladium virens), T. viride, Typhula phacorrhiza, Ulocladium oudemansii, Verticillium dahlia, zucchini yellow mosaic virus (avirulent strain);
    • L2) Biochemical pesticides with fungicidal, bactericidal, viricidal and/or plant defense activator activity: chitosan (hydrolysate), harpin protein, laminarin, Menhaden fish oil, natamycin, Plum pox virus coat protein, potassium or sodium bicarbonate, Reynoutria sachlinensis extract, salicylic acid, tea tree oil;
    • L3) Microbial pesticides with insecticidal, acaricidal, molluscidal and/or nematicidal activity: Agrobacterium radiobacter, Bacillus cereus, B. firmus, B. thuringiensis, B. thuringiensis ssp. aizawai, B. t. ssp. israelensis, B. t. ssp. galleriae, B. t. ssp. kurstaki, B. t. ssp. tenebrionis, Beauveria bassiana, B. brongniartii, Burkholderia sp., Chromobacterium subtsugae, Cydia pomonella granulosis virus, Cryptophlebia leucotreta granulovirus (CrleGV), Helicoverpa armigera nucleopolyhedrovirus (HearNPV), Isaria fumosorosea, Heterorhabditis bacteriophora, Lecanicillium longisporum, L. muscarium (formerly Verticillium lecanii), Metarhizium anisopliae, M. anisopliae var. acridum, Nomuraea rileyi, Paecilomyces fumosoroseus, P. lilacinus, Paenibacillus popilliae, Pasteuria sp., P. nishizawae, P. penetrans, P. ramose, P. reneformis, P. thornea, P. usgae, Pseudomonas fluorescens, Spodoptera littoralis nucleopolyhedrovirus (SpliNPV), Steinernema carpocapsae, S. feltiae, S. kraussei;
    • L4) Biochemical pesticides with insecticidal, acaricidal, molluscidal, pheromone and/or nematicidal activity: L-carvone, citral, (E,Z)-7,9-dodecadien-1-yl acetate, ethyl formate, (E,Z)-2,4-ethyl decadienoate (pear ester), (Z,Z,E)-7,11,13-hexadecatrienal, heptyl butyrate, isopropyl myristate, lavanulyl senecioate, cis-jasmone, 2-methyl 1-butanol, methyl eugenol, methyl jasmonate, (E,Z)-2,13-octadecadien-1-ol, (E,Z)-2,13-octadecadien-1-ol acetate, (E,Z)-3,13-octadecadien-1-ol, R-1-octen-3-ol, pentatermanone, potassium silicate, sorbitol actanoate, (E,Z,Z)-3,8,11-tetradecatrienyl acetate, (Z,E)-9,12-tetradecadien-1-yl acetate, Z-7-tetradecen-2-one, Z-9-tetradecen-1-yl acetate, Z-11-tetradecenal, Z-11-tetradecen-1-ol, Acacia negra extract, extract of grapefruit seeds and pulp, extract of Chenopodium ambrosiodes, Catnip oil, Neem oil, Quillay extract, Tagetes oil;
    • L5) Microbial pesticides with plant stress reducing, plant growth regulator, plant growth promoting and/or yield enhancing activity: Azospirillum amazonense, A. brasilense, A. lipoferum, A. irakense, A. halopraeferens, Bradyrhizobium sp., B. elkanii, B. japonicum, B. liaoningense, B. lupini, Delftia acidovorans, Glomus intraradices, Mesorhizobium sp., Paenibacillus alvei, Penicillium bilaiae, Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. phaseoli, R. I. bv. trifolii, R. I. bv. viciae, R. tropici, Sinorhizobium meliloti;
    • L6) Biochemical pesticides with plant stress reducing, plant growth regulator and/or plant yield enhancing activity: abscisic acid, aluminium silicate (kaolin), 3-decen-2-one, formononetin, genistein, hesperetin, homobrassinlide, humates, jasmonic acid or salts or derivatives thereof, lysophosphatidyl ethanolamine, naringenin, polymeric polyhydroxy acid, Ascophyllum nodosum (Norwegian kelp, Brown kelp) extract and Ecklonia maxima (kelp) extract;
  13. M) Growth regulators
    abscisic acid (M.1.1), amidochlor, ancymidol, 6-benzylaminopurine, brassinolide, butralin, chlormequat, chlormequat chloride, choline chloride, cyclanilide, daminozide, dikegulac, dime-thipin, 2,6-dimethylpuridine, ethephon, flumetralin, flurprimidol, fluthiacet, forchlorfenuron, gib-berellic acid, inabenfide, indole-3-acetic acid , maleic hydrazide, mefluidide, mepiquat, mepiquat chloride, naphthaleneacetic acid, N-6-benzyladenine, paclobutrazol, prohexadione, prohexadi-one-calcium, prohydrojasmon, thidiazuron, triapenthenol, tributyl phosphorotrithioate, 2,3,5-tri-iodobenzoic acid , trinexapac-ethyl and uniconazole;
  14. N) Herbicides
    • acetamides: acetochlor (N.1.1), alachlor, butachlor, dimethachlor, dimethenamid (N.1.2), flufenacet (N.1.3), mefenacet (N.1.4), metolachlor (N.1.5), metazachlor (N.1.6), napropamide, naproanilide, pethoxamid, pretilachlor, propachlor, thenylchlor;
    • amino acid derivatives: bilanafos, glyphosate (N.2.1), glufosinate (N.2.2), sulfosate (N.2.3);
    • aryloxyphenoxypropionates: clodinafop (N.3.1), cyhalofop-butyl, fenoxaprop (N.3.2), fluazifop (N.3.3), haloxyfop (N.3.4), metamifop, propaquizafop, quizalofop, quizalofop-P-tefuryl;
    • Bipyridyls: diquat, paraquat (N.4.1);
    • (thio)carbamates: asulam, butylate, carbetamide, desmedipham, dimepiperate, eptam (EPTC), esprocarb, molinate, orbencarb, phenmedipham (N.5.1), prosulfocarb, pyributicarb, thiobencarb, triallate;
    • cyclohexanediones: butroxydim, clethodim (N.6.1), cycloxydim (N.6.2), profoxydim (N.6.3), sethoxydim (N.6.4), tepraloxydim (N.6.5), tralkoxydim;
    • dinitroanilines: benfluralin, ethalfluralin, oryzalin, pendimethalin (N.7.1), prodiamine (N.7.2), trifluralin (N.7.3);
    • diphenyl ethers: acifluorfen (N.8.1), aclonifen, bifenox, diclofop, ethoxyfen, fomesafen, lactofen, oxyfluorfen;
    • hydroxybenzonitriles: bomoxynil (N.9.1), dichlobenil, ioxynil;
    • imidazolinones: imazamethabenz, imazamox (N.10.1), imazapic (N.10.2), imazapyr (N.10.3), imazaquin (N.10.4), imazethapyr (N.10.5);
    • phenoxy acetic acids: clomeprop, 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) (N.11.1), 2,4-DB, dichlorprop, MCPA, MCPA-thioethyl, MCPB, Mecoprop;
    • pyrazines: chloridazon (N.11.1), flufenpyr-ethyl, fluthiacet, norflurazon, pyridate;
    • pyridines: aminopyralid, clopyralid (N.12.1), diflufenican, dithiopyr, fluridone, fluroxypyr (N.12.2), picloram (N.12.3), picolinafen (N.12.4), thiazopyr;
    • sulfonyl ureas: amidosulfuron, azimsulfuron, bensulfuron (N.13.1), chlorimuron-ethyl (N.13.2), chlorsulfuron, cinosulfuron, cyclosulfamuron (N.13.3), ethoxysulfuron, flazasulfuron, flucetosulfuron, flupyrsulfuron, foramsulfuron, halosulfuron, imazosulfuron, iodosulfuron (N.13.4), mesosulfuron (N.13.5), metazosulfuron, metsulfuron-methyl (N.13.6), nicosulfuron (N.13.7), oxasulfuron, primisulfuron, prosulfuron, pyrazosulfuron, rimsulfuron (N.13.8), sulfometuron, sulfosulfuron, thifensulfuron, triasulfuron, tribenuron, trifloxysulfuron, triflusulfuron (N.13.9), tritosulfuron, 1-((2-chloro-6-propyl-imidazo[1,2-b]pyridazin-3-yl)sulfonyl)-3-(4,6-dimethoxy-pyrimidin-2-yl)urea;
    • triazines: ametryn, atrazine (N.14.1), cyanazine, dimethametryn, ethiozin, hexazinone (N.14.2), metamitron, metribuzin, prometryn, simazine, terbuthylazine, terbutryn, triaziflam;
    • ureas: chlorotoluron, daimuron, diuron (N.15.1), fluometuron, isoproturon, linuron, metha-benzthiazuron, tebuthiuron;
    • other acetolactate synthase inhibitors: bispyribac-sodium, cloransulam-methyl, diclosulam, florasulam (N.16.1), flucarbazone, flumetsulam, metosulam, ortho-sulfamuron, penoxsulam, propoxycarbazone, pyribambenz-propyl, pyribenzoxim, pyriftalid, pyriminobac-methyl, pyrimisulfan, pyrithiobac, pyroxasulfone (N.16.2), pyroxsulam;
    • others: amicarbazone, aminotriazole, anilofos, beflubutamid, benazolin, bencarbazone,benfluresate, benzofenap, bentazone (N.17.1), benzobicyclon, bicyclopyrone, bromacil, bromobutide, butafenacil, butamifos, cafenstrole, carfentrazone, cinidon-ethyl (N.17.2), chlorthal, cinmethylin (N.17.3), clomazone (N.17.4), cumyluron, cyprosulfamide, dicamba (N.17.5), difenzoquat, diflufenzopyr (N.17.6), Drechslera monoceras, endothal, ethofumesate, etobenzanid, fenoxasulfone, fentrazamide, flumiclorac-pentyl, flumioxazin, flupoxam, flurochloridone, flurtamone, indanofan, isoxaben, isoxaflutole, lenacil, propanil, propyzamide, quinclorac (N.17.7), quinmerac (N.17.8), mesotrione (N.17.9), methyl arsonic acid, naptalam, oxadiargyl, oxadiazon, oxaziclomefone, pentoxazone, pinoxaden, pyraclonil, pyraflufen-ethyl, pyrasulfotole, pyrazoxyfen, pyrazolynate, quinoclamine, saflufenacil (N.17.10), sulcotrione (N.17.11), sulfentrazone, terbacil, tefuryltrione, tembotrione, thiencarbazone, topramezone (N.17.12), (3-[2-chloro-4-fluoro-5-(3-methyl-2,6-dioxo-4-trifluoromethyl-3,6-dihydro-2H-pyrimidin-1-yl)-phenoxy]-pyridin-2-yloxy)-acetic acid ethyl ester, 6-amino-5-chloro-2-cyclopropyl-pyrimidine-4-carboxylic acid methyl ester, 6-chloro-3-(2-cyclopropyl-6-methyl-phenoxy)-pyridazin-4-ol, 4-amino-3-chloro-6-(4-chloro-phenyl)-5-fluoro-pyridine-2-carboxylic acid, 4-amino-3-chloro-6-(4-chloro-2-fluoro-3-methoxy-phenyl)-pyridine-2-carboxylic acid methyl ester, and 4-amino-3-chloro-6-(4-chloro-3-dimethylamino-2-fluoro-phenyl)-pyridine-2-carboxylic acid methyl ester;
  15. O) Insecticides
    • organo(thio)phosphates: acephate (O.1.1), azamethiphos (0.1.2), azinphos-methyl (0.1.3), chlorpyrifos (O.1.4), chlorpyrifos-methyl (0.1.5), chlorfenvinphos (0.1.6), diazinon (0.1.7), dichlorvos (0.1.8), dicrotophos (0.1.9), dimethoate (O.1.10), disulfoton (O.1.11), ethion (0.1.12), fenitrothion (0.1.13), fenthion (0.1.14), isoxathion (0.1.15), malathion (0.1.16), methamidophos (0.1.17), methidathion (0.1.18), methyl-parathion (0.1.19), mevinphos (0.1.20), monocrotophos (0.1.21), oxydemeton-methyl (0.1.22), paraoxon (0.1.23), parathion (0.1.24), phenthoate (0.1.25), phosalone (0.1.26), phosmet (0.1.27), phosphamidon (0.1.28), phorate (0.1.29), phoxim (0.1.30), pirimiphos-methyl (0.1.31), profenofos (0.1.32), prothiofos (0.1.33), sulprophos (0.1.34), tetrachlorvinphos (0.1.35), terbufos (0.1.36), triazophos (0.1.37), trichlorfon (0.1.38);
    • carbamates: alanycarb (0.2.1), aldicarb (0.2.2), bendiocarb (0.2.3), benfuracarb (O.2.4), carbaryl (0.2.5), carbofuran (0.2.6), carbosulfan (0.2.7), fenoxycarb (0.2.8), furathiocarb (0.2.9), methiocarb (0.2.10), methomyl (0.2.11), oxamyl (0.2.12), pirimicarb (0.2.13), propoxur (0.2.14), thiodicarb (0.2.15), triazamate (0.2.16);
    • pyrethroids: allethrin (0.3.1), bifenthrin (0.3.2), cyfluthrin (0.3.3), cyhalothrin (O.3.4), cyphenothrin (0.3.5), cypermethrin (0.3.6), alpha-cypermethrin (0.3.7), beta-cypermethrin (0.3.8), zeta-cypermethrin (0.3.9), deltamethrin (0.3.10), esfenvalerate (0.3.11), etofenprox (0.3.11), fenpropathrin (0.3.12), fenvalerate (0.3.13), imiprothrin (0.3.14), lambda-cyhalothrin (0.3.15), permethrin (0.3.16), prallethrin (0.3.17), pyrethrin I and II (0.3.18), resmethrin (0.3.19), silafluofen (0.3.20), tau-fluvalinate (0.3.21), tefluthrin (0.3.22), tetrame-thrin (0.3.23), tralomethrin (0.3.24), transfluthrin (0.3.25), profluthrin (0.3.26), dimefluthrin (0.3.27);
    • insect growth regulators: a) chitin synthesis inhibitors: benzoylureas: chlorfluazuron (O.4.1), cyramazin (O.4.2), diflubenzuron (O.4.3), flucycloxuron (O.4.4), flufenoxuron (O.4.5), hexaflumuron (O.4.6), lufenuron (O.4.7), novaluron (O.4.8), teflubenzuron (O.4.9), triflumuron (O.4.10); buprofezin (O.4.11), diofenolan (O.4.12), hexythiazox (O.4.13), etoxazole (O.4.14), clofentazine (O.4.15); b) ecdysone antagonists: halofenozide (O.4.16), methoxyfenozide (O.4.17), tebufenozide (O.4.18), azadirachtin (O.4.19); c) juvenoids: pyriproxyfen (O.4.20), methoprene (O.4.21), fenoxycarb (O.4.22); d) lipid biosynthesis inhibitors: spirodiclofen (O.4.23), spiromesifen (O.4.24), spirotetramat (O.4.24);
    • nicotinic receptor agonists/antagonists compounds: clothianidin (O.5.1), dinotefuran (0.5.2), flupyradifurone (0.5.3), imidacloprid (O.5.4), thiamethoxam (O.5.5), nitenpyram (0.5.6), acetamiprid (0.5.7), thiacloprid (0.5.8), 1-2-chloro-thiazol-5-ylmethyl)-2-nitrimino-3,5-dimethyl-[1,3,5]triazinane (0.5.9);
    • GABA antagonist compounds: endosulfan (0.6.19, ethiprole (0.6.2), fipronil (0.6.3), vaniliprole (O.6.4), pyrafluprole (0.6.5), pyriprole (0.6.6), 5-amino-1-(2,6-dichloro-4-methylphenyl)-4-sulfinamoyl-1 H-pyrazole-3-carbothioic acid amide (0.6.7);
    • macrocyclic lactone insecticides: abamectin (0.7.1), emamectin (0.7.2), milbemectin (0.7.3), lepimectin (O.7.4), spinosad (0.7.5), spinetoram (0.7.6);
    • mitochondrial electron transport inhibitor (METI) I acaricides: fenazaquin (0.8.1), pyridaben (0.8.2), tebufenpyrad (0.8.3), tolfenpyrad (O.8.4), flufenerim (0.8.5);
    • METI II and III compounds: acequinocyl (0.9.1), fluacyprim (0.9.2), hydramethylnon (0.9.3);
    • Uncouplers: chlorfenapyr (O.10.1);
    • oxidative phosphorylation inhibitors: cyhexatin (O.11.1), diafenthiuron (0.11.2), fenbutatin oxide (0.11.3), propargite (O.11.4);
    • moulting disruptor compounds: cryomazine (0.12.1);
    • mixed function oxidase inhibitors: piperonyl butoxide (0.13.1);
    • sodium channel blockers: indoxacarb (0.14.1), metaflumizone (0.14.2);
    • ryanodine receptor inhibitors: chlorantraniliprole (O.15.1), cyantraniliprole (0.15.2), flubendiamide (0.15.3), N-[4,6-dichloro-2-[(diethyl-lambda-4-sulfanylidene)carbamoyl]-phenyl]-2-(3-chloro-2-pyridyl)-5-(trifluoromethyl)pyrazole-3-carboxamide (O.15.4); N-[4-chloro-2-[(di-ethyl-lambda-4-sulfanylidene)carbamoyl]-6-methyl-phenyl]-2-(3-chloro-2-pyridyl)-5-(triflu-oromethyl)pyrazole-3-carboxamide (0.15.5); N-[4-chloro-2-[(di-2-propyl-lambda-4-sulfanyli-dene)carbamoyl]-6-methyl-phenyl]-2-(3-chloro-2-pyridyl)-5-(trifluoromethyl)pyrazole-3-car-boxamide (0.15.6); N-[4,6-dichloro-2-[(di-2-propyl-lambda-4-sulfanylidene)carbamoyl]-phenyl]-2-(3-chloro-2-pyridyl)-5-(trifluoromethyl)pyrazole-3-carboxamide (0.15.7); N-[4,6-di-chloro-2-[(diethyl-lambda-4-sulfanylidene)carbamoyl]-phenyl]-2-(3-chloro-2-pyridyl)-5-(di-fluoromethyl)pyrazole-3-carboxamide (0.15.8); N-[4,6-dibromo-2-[(di-2-propyl-lambda-4-sul-fanylidene)carbamoyl]-phenyl]-2-(3-chloro-2-pyridyl)-5-(trifluoromethyl)pyrazole-3-carboxamide (0.15.9); N-[4-chloro-2-[(di-2-propyl-lambda-4-sulfanylidene)carbamoyl]-6-cyanophenyl]-2-(3-chloro-2-pyridyl)-5-(trifluoromethyl)pyrazole-3-carboxamide (0.15.10); N-[4,6-dibromo-2-[(diethyl-lambda-4-sulfanylidene)carbamoyl]-phenyl]-2-(3-chloro-2-pyridyl)-5-(tri-fluoromethyl)pyrazole-3-carboxamide (O.15.11);
    • others: benclothiaz (0.16.1), bifenazate (0.16.2), artap (0.16.3), flonicamid (O.16.4), pyridalyl (0.16.5), pymetrozine (0.16.6), sulfur (0.16.7), thiocyclam (0.16.8), cyenopyrafen (0.16.9), flupyrazofos (0.16.10), cyflumetofen (O.16.11), amidoflumet (0.16.12), imicyafos (0.16.13), bistrifluron (0.16.14), pyrifluquinazon (0.16.15) and 1,1'-[(3S,4R,4aR,6S,6aS,12R,12aS,12bS)-4-[[(2-cyclopropylacetyl)oxy]methyl]-1,3,4,4a,5,6,6a,12,12a,12b-decahydro-12-hydroxy-4,6a,12b-trimethyl-11-oxo-9-(3-pyridinyl)-2H,11H-naphtho[2,1-b]pyrano[3,4-e]pyran-3,6-diyl] cyclopropaneacetic acid ester (0.16.16).

The present invention furthermore relates to agrochemical compositions comprising a mixture of at least one compound I (component 1) and at least one further active substance useful for plant protection, e. g. selected from the groups A) to O) (component 2), in particular one further fungicide, e. g. one or more fungicide from the groups A) to K), as described above, and if desired one suitable solvent or solid carrier. Those mixtures are of particular interest, since many of them at the same application rate show higher efficiencies against harmful fungi. Furthermore, combating harmful fungi with a mixture of compounds I and at least one fungicide from groups A) to K), as described above, is more efficient than combating those fungi with individual compounds I or individual fungicides from groups A) to K).

By applying compounds I together with at least one active substance from groups A) to O) a synergistic effect can be obtained, i.e. more then simple addition of the individual effects is obtained (synergistic mixtures).

This can be obtained by applying the compounds I and at least one further active substance simultaneously, either jointly (e. g. as tank-mix) or seperately, or in succession, wherein the time interval between the individual applications is selected to ensure that the active substance applied first still occurs at the site of action in a sufficient amount at the time of application of the further active substance(s). The order of application is not essential for working of the present invention.

When applying compound I and a pesticide II sequentially the time between both applications may vary e. g. between 2 hours to 7 days. Also a broader range is possible ranging from 0.25 hour to 30 days, preferably from 0.5 hour to 14 days, particularly from 1 hour to 7 days or from 1.5 hours to 5 days, even more preferred from 2 hours to 1 day. In case of a mixture comprising a pesticide II selected from group L), it is preferred that the pesticide II is applied as last treatment.

According to the invention, the solid material (dry matter) of the biopesticides (with the exception of oils such as Neem oil, Tagetes oil, etc.) are considered as active components (e. g. to be obtained after drying or evaporation of the extraction medium or the suspension medium in case of liquid formulations of the microbial pesticides).

In accordance with the present invention, the weight ratios and percentages used herein for a biological extract such as Quillay extract are based on the total weight of the dry content (solid material) of the respective extract(s).

The total weight ratios of compositions comprising at least one microbial pesticide in the form of viable microbial cells including dormant forms, can be determined using the amount of CFU of the respective microorganism to calclulate the total weight of the respective active component with the following equation that 1 x 109 CFU equals one gram of total weight of the respective active component. Colony forming unit is measure of viable microbial cells, in particular fungal and bacterial cells. In addition, here "CFU" may also be understood as the number of (juvenile) individual nematodes in case of (entomopathogenic) nematode biopesticides, such as Steinernema feltiae.

In the binary mixtures and compositions according to the invention the weight ratio of the component 1) and the component 2) generally depends from the properties of the active components used, usually it is in the range of from 1:100 to 100:1, regularly in the range of from 1:50 to 50:1, preferably in the range of from 1:20 to 20:1, more preferably in the range of from 1:10 to 10:1, even more preferably in the range of from 1:4 to 4:1 and in particular in the range of from 1:2 to 2:1.

According to a further embodiments of the binary mixtures and compositions, the weight ratio of the component 1) and the component 2) usually is in the range of from 1000:1 to 1:1, often in the range of from 100: 1 to 1:1, regularly in the range of from 50:1 to 1:1, preferably in the range of from 20:1 to 1:1, more preferably in the range of from 10:1 to 1:1, even more preferably in the range of from 4:1 to 1:1 and in particular in the range of from 2:1 to 1:1.

According to a further embodiments of the binary mixtures and compositions, the weight ratio of the component 1) and the component 2) usually is in the range of from 1:1 to 1:1000, often in the range of from 1:1 to 1:100, regularly in the range of from 1:1 to 1:50, preferably in the range of from 1:1 to 1:20, more preferably in the range of from 1:1 to 1:10, even more preferably in the range of from 1:1 to 1:4 and in particular in the range of from 1:1 to 1:2.

In the ternary mixtures, i.e. compositions according to the invention comprising the component 1) and component 2) and a compound III (component 3), the weight ratio of component 1) and component 2) depends from the properties of the active substances used, usually it is in the range of from 1:100 to 100:1, regularly in the range of from 1:50 to 50:1, preferably in the range of from 1:20 to 20:1, more preferably in the range of from 1:10 to 10:1 and in particular in the range of from 1:4 to 4:1, and the weight ratio of component 1) and component 3) usually it is in the range of from 1:100 to 100:1, regularly in the range of from 1:50 to 50:1, preferably in the range of from 1:20 to 20:1, more preferably in the range of from 1:10 to 10:1 and in particular in the range of from 1:4 to 4:1.

Any further active components are, if desired, added in a ratio of from 20:1 to 1:20 to the component 1).

These ratios are also suitable for inventive mixtures applied by seed treatment.

Preference is also given to mixtures comprising as component 2) at least one active substance selected from group A), which is particularly selected from (A.1.1), (A.1.4), (A.1.8), (A.1.9), (A.1.12), (A.1.13), (A.1.14), (A.1.17), (A.1.19), (A.1.21), (A.2.1), (A.2.2), (A.3.2), (A.3.3), (A.3.4), (A.3.7), (A.3.8), (A.3.9), (A.3.12), (A.3.14), (A.3.15), (A.3.16), (A.3.19), (A.3.20), (A.3.21), (A.3.22), (A.3.23), (A.3.24), (A.3.25), (A.3.26), (A.3.27); (A.4.5), (A.4.6), (A.4.8), (A.4.9) and (A.4.11).

Preference is given to mixtures as component 2) at least one active substance selected from group B), which is particularly selected from (B.1.4), (B.1.5), diniconazole (B.1.6), (B.1.8), (B.1.10), (B.1.11), (B.1.12), (B.1.17), (B.1.18), (B.1.21), (B.1.22), (B.1.23), (B.1.25), (B.1.26), (B.1.27), (B.1.28), (B.1.29), uni (B.1.31), (B.1.32), (B.1.33), (B.1.34), (B.1.35), (B.1.36), (B.1.37), (B.1.38), (B.1.39), (B.1.40), (B.1.41), (B.1.42), (B.1.44), (B.1.46), (B.1.49) and (B.1.50; (B.2.2), (B.2.4), (B.2.5), (B.2.6), piperalin (B.2.7), (B.2.8); and (B.3.1).

Preference is given to mixtures comprising as component 2) at least one active substance selected from group C), which is particularly selected from (C.1.4), C.1.5), (C.1.6), and (C.2.4).

Preference is given to mixtures comprising as component 2) at least one active substance selected from group D), which is particularly selected from (D1.1), (D1.2), (D1.4), (D1.5); (D2.2), (D2.4), (D2.5), (D2.6) and (D2.7);

Preference is also given to mixtures comprising as component 2) at least one active substance selected from group E), which is particularly selected from (E.1.1), (E.1.2), and (E.1.3);

Preference is also given to mixtures comprising as component 2) at least one active substance selected from group F), which is particularly selected from (F.1.2), (F.1.4), (F.1.5), (F.1.6) and (F.2.1).

Preference is also given to mixtures as component 2) at least one active substance selected from group G), which is particularly selected from (G.3.1), (G.3.2), (G.3.3), (G.3.4), (G.3.5), (G.3.6), (G.4.1) and (G.5.1).

Preference is also given to mixtures comprising as component 2) at least one active substance selected from group H), which is and particularly selected from (H.1.2), (H.1.3), copper oxychloride (H.1.4), (H.1.5), (H.1.6); (H.2.2), (H.2.5), (H.2.7), (H.3.2), (H.3.3), (H.3.4), (H.3.5), (H.3.6), (H.3.12); (H.4.2), (H.4.6), dithianon (H.4.9) and (H.4.10).

Preference is also given to mixtures comprising as component 2) at least one active substance selected from group I), which is particularly selected from (I.2.3) and (I.2.5).

Preference is also given to mixtures comprising as component 2) at least one active substance selected from group J), which is particularly selected from (J.1.1), (J.1.2), (J.1.3), (J.1.4), (J.1.6), (J.1.7), (J.1.8) and (J.1.9).

Preference is also given to mixtures comprising as component 2) at least one active substance selected from group K), which is particularly selected from (K.1.4), (K.1.5), (K.1.8), (K.1.12), (K.1.14), (K.1.15), (K.1.19) and(K.1.22).

The biopesticides from group L) of pesticides II, their preparation and their pesticidal activity e. g. against harmful fungi or insects are known (e-Pesticide Manual V 5.2 (ISBN 978 1 901396 85 0) (2008-2011); http://www.epa.gov/opp00001/biopesticides/, see product lists therein; http://www.omri.org/omri-lists, see lists therein; Bio-Pesticides Database BPDB http://sitem.herts.ac.uk/aeru/bpdb/, see A to Z link therein).

The biopesticides from group L1) and/or L2) may also have insecticidal, acaricidal, molluscidal, pheromone, nematicidal, plant stress reducing, plant growth regulator, plant growth promoting and/or yield enhancing activity. The biopesticides from group L3) and/or L4) may also have fungicidal, bactericidal, viricidal, plant defense activator, plant stress reducing, plant growth regulator, plant growth promoting and/or yield enhancing activity. The biopesticides from group L5) and/or L6) may also have fungicidal, bactericidal, viricidal, plant defense activator, insecticidal, acaricidal, molluscidal, pheromone and/or nematicidal activity.

Many of these biopesticides are registered and/or are commercially available: aluminium silicate (Screen™ Duo from Certis LLC, USA), Agrobacterium radiobacter K1026 (e. g. NoGall® from BASF Agricultural Specialties Pty Ltd, Australia), A. radiobacter K84 (Nature 280, 697-699, 1979; e. g. GallTroll® from AG Biochem, Inc., C, USA), Ampelomyces quisqualis M-10 (e. g. AQ 10® from Intrachem Bio GmbH & Co. KG, Germany), Ascophyllum nodosum (Norwegian kelp, Brown kelp) extract or filtrate (e. g. ORKA GOLD from BASF Agricultural Specialities (Pty) Ltd., South Africa; or Goemar® from Laboratoires Goemar, France), Aspergillus flavus NRRL 21882 isolated from a peanut in Georgia in 1991 by USDA, National Peanut Research Laboratory (e. g. in Afla-Guard® from Syngenta, CH), mixtures of Aureobasidium pullulans DSM 14940 and DSM 14941 (e. g. blastospores in BlossomProtect® from bio-ferm GmbH, Germany), Azospirillum amazonense BR 11140 (SpY2T) (Proc. 9th Int. and 1st Latin American PGPR meeting, Quimara, Medellín, Colombia 2012, p. 60, ISBN 978-958-46-0908-3), A. brasilense AZ39 (Eur. J. Soil Biol 45(1), 28-35, 2009), A. brasilense XOH (e. g. AZOS from Xtreme Gardening, USA or RTI Reforestation Technologies International; USA), A. brasilense BR 11002 (Proc. 9th Int. and 1st Latin American PGPR meeting, Quimara, Medellín, Colombia 2012, p. 60, ISBN 978-958-46-0908-3), A. brasilense BR 11005 (SP245; e. g. in GELFIX Gramíneas from BASF Agricultural Specialties Ltd., Brazil), A. lipoferum BR 11646 (Sp31) (Proc. 9th Int. and 1st Latin American PGPR meeting, Quimara, Medellín, Colombia 2012, p. 60), Bacillus amyloliquefaciens FZB42 (e. g. in RhizoVital® 42 from AbiTEP GmbH, Berlin, Germany), B. amyloliquefaciens IN937a (J. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 17(2), 280-286, 2007; e. g. in BioYield® from Gustafson LLC, TX, USA), B. amyloliquefaciens IT-45 (CNCM I-3800) (e. g. Rhizocell C from ITHEC, France), B. amyloliquefaciens ssp. plantarum MBI600 (NRRL B-50595, deposited at USDA) (e. g. Integral®, Subtilex® NG from BASF Corp., USA), B. cereus CNCM I-1562 (US 6,406,690), B. firmus CNCM I-1582 (WO 2009/126473, WO 2009/124707, US 6,406,690; Votivo® from Bayer Crop Science LP, USA), B. pumilus GB34 (ATCC 700814; e. g. in Yield-Shield® from Gustafson LLC, TX, USA), and Bacillus pumilus KFP9F (NRRL B-50754) (e. g. in BAC-UP or FUSION-P from BASF Agricultural Specialities (Pty) Ltd., South Africa), B. pumilus QST 2808 (NRRL B-30087) (e. g. Sonata® and Ballad® Plus from AgraQuest Inc., USA), B. subtilis GB03 (e. g. Kodiak® or BioYield® from Gustafson, Inc., USA; or Companion® from Growth Products, Ltd., White Plains, NY 10603, USA), B. subtilis GB07 (Epic® from Gustafson, Inc., USA), B. subtilis QST-713 (NRRL B-21661 in Rhapsody®, Serenade® MAX and Serenade® ASO from AgraQuest Inc., USA), B. subtilis var. amyloliquefaciens FZB24 (e. g. Taegro® from Novozyme Biologicals, Inc., USA), B. subtilis var. amyloliquefaciens D747 (e. g. Double Nickel 55 from Certis LLC, USA), B. thuringiensis ssp. aizawai ABTS-1857 (e. g. in XenTari® from BioFa AG, Münsingen, Germany), B. t. ssp. aizawai SAN 401 I, ABG-6305 and ABG-6346, Bacillus t. ssp. israelensis AM65-52 (e. g. in VectoBac® from Valent BioSciences, IL, USA), Bacillus thuringiensis ssp. kurstaki SB4 (NRRL B-50753; e. g. Beta Pro® from BASF Agricultural Specialities (Pty) Ltd., South Africa), B. t. ssp. kurstaki ABTS-351 identical to HD-1 (ATCC SD-1275; e. g. in Dipel® DF from Valent BioSciences, IL, USA), B. t. ssp. kurstaki EG 2348 (e. g. in Lepinox® or Rapax® from CBC (Europe) S.r.l., Italy), B. t. ssp. tenebrionis DSM 2803 (EP 0 585 215 B1; identical to NRRL B-15939; Mycogen Corp.), B. t. ssp. tenebrionis NB-125 (DSM 5526; EP 0 585 215 B1; also referred to as SAN 418 l or ABG-6479; former production strain of Novo-Nordisk), B. t. ssp. tenebrionis NB-176 (or NB-176-1; a gamma-irridated, induced high-yielding mutant of strain NB-125; DSM 5480; EP 585 215 B1; Novodor® from Valent BioSciences, Switzerland), Beauveria bassiana ATCC 74040 (e. g. in Naturalis® from CBC (Europe) S.r.l., Italy), B. bassiana DSM 12256 (US 200020031495; e. g. BioExpert® SC from Live Sytems Technology S.A., Colombia), B. bassiana GHA (BotaniGard® 22WGP from Laver-lam Int. Corp., USA), B. bassiana PPRI 5339 (ARSEF number 5339 in the USDA ARS collection of entomopathogenic fungal cultures; NRRL 50757) (e. g. BroadBand® from BASF Agricultural Specialities (Pty) Ltd., South Africa), B. brongniartii (e. g. in Melocont® from Agrifutur, Agrianello, Italy, for control of cockchafer; J. Appl. Microbiol. 100(5),1063-72, 2006), Bradyrhizobium sp. (e. g. Vault® from BASF Corp., USA), B. japonicum (e. g. VAULT® from BASF Corp., USA), Candida oleophila I-182 (NRRL Y-18846; e. g. Aspire® from Ecogen Inc., USA, Phytoparasitica 23(3), 231-234, 1995), C. oleophila strain O (NRRL Y-2317; Biological Control 51, 403-408, 2009), Candida saitoana (e. g. Biocure® (in mixture with lysozyme) and BioCoat® from Micro Flo Company, USA (BASF SE) and Arysta), chitosan (e. g. Armour-Zen® from BotriZen Ltd., NZ), Clonostachys rosea f. catenulata, also named Gliocladium catenulatum (e. g. isolate J 1446: Prestop® from Verdera Oy, Finland), Chromobacterium subtsugae PRAA4-1 isolated from soil under an eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) in the Catoctin Mountain region of central Maryland (e. g. in GRANDEVO from Marrone Bio Innovations, USA), Coniothyrium minitans CON/M/91-08 (e. g. Contans® WG from Prophyta, Germany), Cryphonectria parasitica (e. g. product Endothia parasitica from CNICM, France), Cryptococcus albidus (e. g. YIELD PLUS® from Anchor Bio-Technologies, South Africa), Cryptophlebia leucotreta granulovirus (CrIeGV) (e. g. in CRYPTEX from Adermatt Biocontrol, Switzerland), Cydia pomonella granulovirus (CpGV) V03 (DSM GV-0006; e. g. in MADEX Max from Andermatt Biocontrol, Switzerland), CpGV V22 (DSM GV-0014; e. g. in MADEX Twin from Adermatt Biocontrol, Switzerland), Delftia acidovorans RAY209 (ATCC PTA-4249; WO 2003/57861; e. g. in BIOBOOST from Brett Young, Winnipeg, Canada), Dilophosphora alopecuri (Twist Fungus from BASF Agricultural Specialties Pty Ltd, Australia), Ecklonia maxima (kelp) extract (e. g. KELPAK SL from Kelp Products Ltd, South Africa), formononetin (e. g. in MYCONATE from Plant Health Care pic, U.K.), Fusarium oxysporum (e. g. BIOFOX® from S.I.A.P.A., Italy, FUSACLEAN® from Natural Plant Protection, France), Glomus intraradices (e. g. MYC 4000 from ITHEC, France), Glomus intraradices RTI-801 (e. g. MYKOS from Xtreme Gardening, USA or RTI Reforestation Technologies International; USA), grapefruit seeds and pulp extract (e. g. BC-1000 from Chemie S.A., Chile), harpin (alpha-beta) protein (e. g. MESSENGER or HARP-N-Tek from Plant Health Care pic, U.K.; Science 257, 1-132, 1992), Helicoverpa armigera nucleopolyhedrovirus (HearNPV) (e.g. in HELICOVEX from Adermatt Biocontrol, Switzerland), Heterorhabditis bacteriophaga (e. g. Nemasys® G from BASF Agricultural Specialities Limited, UK), Isaria fumosorosea Apopka-97 (ATCC 20874) (PFR-97™ from Certis LLC, USA), cis-jasmone (US 8,221,736), laminarin (e. g. in VACCIPLANT from Laboratoires Goemar, St. Malo, France or Stahler SA, Switzerland), Lecanicillium longisporum KV42 and KV71 (e. g. VERTALEC® from Koppert BV, Netherlands), L. muscarium KV01 (formerly Verticillium lecanii) (e. g. MYCOTAL from Koppert BV, Netherlands), Lysobacter antibioticus 13-1 (Biological Control 45, 288-296, 2008), L. antibioticus HS124 (Curr. Microbiol. 59(6), 608-615, 2009), L. enzymogenes 3.1T8 (Microbiol. Res. 158, 107-115; Biological Control 31(2), 145-154, 2004), Metarhizium anisopliae var. acridum IMI 330189 (isolated from Ornithacris cavroisi in Niger; NRRL 50758) (e. g. GREEN MUSCLE® from BASF Agricultural Specialities (Pty) Ltd., South Africa), M. a. var. acridum FI-985 (e. g. GREEN GUARD® SC from BASF Agricultural Specialties Pty Ltd, Australia), M. anisopliae FI-1045 (e. g. BIOCANE® from BASF Agricultural Specialties Pty Ltd, Australia), M. anisopliae F52 (DSM 3884, ATCC 90448; e. g. MET52® Novozymes Biologicals BioAg Group, Canada), M. anisopliae ICIPE 69 (e. g. METATHRIPOL from ICIPE, Nairobe, Kenya), Metschnikowia fructicola (NRRL Y-30752; e. g. SHEMER® from Agrogreen, Israel, now distributed by Bayer Crop-Sciences, Germany; US 6,994,849), Microdochium dimerum (e. g. ANTIBOT® from Agrauxine, France), Microsphaeropsis ochracea P130A (ATCC 74412 isolated from apple leaves from an abandoned orchard, St-Joseph-du-Lac, Quebec, Canada in 1993; Mycologia 94(2), 297-301, 2002), Muscodor albus QST 20799 originally isolated from the bark of a cinnamon tree in Honduras (e. g. in development products Muscudor™ or QRD300 from AgraQuest, USA), Neem oil (e. g. TRILOGY®, TRIACT® 70 EC from Certis LLC, USA), Nomuraea rileyi strains SA86101, GU87401, SR86151, CG128 and VA9101, Paecilomyces fumosoroseus FE 9901 (e. g. NO FLY™ from Natural Industries, Inc., USA), P. lilacinus 251 (e. g. in BioAct®/MeloCon® from Prophyta, Germany; Crop Protection 27, 352-361, 2008; originally isolated from infected nematode eggs in the Philippines), P. lilacinus DSM 15169 (e. g. NEMATA® SC from Live Systems Technology S.A., Colombia), P. lilacinus BCP2 (NRRL 50756; e. g. PL GOLD from BASF Agricultural Specialities (Pty) Ltd., South Africa), mixture of Paenibacillus alvei NAS6G6 (NRRL B-50755) and Bacillus pumilus (e.g. BAC-UP from BASF Agricultural Specialities (Pty) Ltd., South Africa), Pantoea vagans (formerly agglomerans) C9-1 (originally isolated in 1994 from apple stem tissue; BlightBan C9-1® from NuFrams America Inc., USA, for control of fire blight in apple; J. Bacteriol. 192(24) 6486-6487, 2010), Pasteuria sp. ATCC PTA-9643 (WO 2010/085795), Pasteuria sp. ATCC SD-5832 (WO 2012/064527), P. nishizawae (WO 2010/80169), P. penetrans (US 5,248,500), P. ramose (WO 2010/80619), P. thornea (WO 2010/80169), P. usgae (WO 2010/80169), Penicillium bilaiae (e. g. Jump Start® from Novozymes Biologicals BioAg Group, Canada, originally isolated from soil in southern Alberta; Fertilizer Res. 39, 97-103, 1994), Phlebiopsis gigantea (e. g. RotStop® from Verdera Oy, Finland), Pichia anomala WRL-076 (NRRL Y-30842; US 8,206,972), potassium bicarbonate (e. g. Amicarb® from Stähler SA, Switzerland), potassium silicate (e. g. Sil-MATRIX™ from Certis LLC, USA), Pseudozyma flocculosa PF-A22 UL (e. g. Sporodex® from Plant Products Co. Ltd., Canada), Pseudomonas sp. DSM 13134 (WO 2001/40441, e. g. in PRORADIX from Sourcon Padena GmbH & Co. KG, Hechinger Str. 262, 72072 Tübingen, Germany), P. chloraphis MA 342 (e. g. in CERALL or CEDEMON from BioAgri AB, Uppsala, Sweden), P. fluorescens CL 145A (e. g. in ZEQUANOX from Marrone Biolnnovations, Davis, CA, USA; J. Invertebr. Pathol. 113(1):104-14, 2013), Pythium oligandrum DV 74 (ATCC 38472; e. g. POLYVERSUM® from Remeslo SSRO, Biopreparaty, Czech Rep. and GOWAN, USA; US 2013/0035230), Reynoutria sachlinensis extract (e. g. REGALIA® SC from Marrone Biolnnovations, Davis, CA, USA), Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. phaseoli (e. g. RHIZO-STICK from BASF Corp., USA), R. I. bv. trifolii RP113-7 (e. g. DORMAL from BASF Corp., USA; Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 44(5), 1096-1101), R. I. bv. viciae P1NP3Cst (also referred to as 1435; New Phytol. 179(1), 224-235, 2008; e. g. in NODULATOR PL Peat Granule from BASF Corp., USA; or in NODULATOR XL PL from BASF Agricultural Specialties Ltd., Canada), R. I. bv. viciae SU303 (e. g. NODULAID Group E from BASF Agricultural Specialties Pty Ltd, Australia), R. I. bv. viciae WSM1455 (e. g. NODULAID Group F from BASF Agricultural Specialties Pty Ltd, Australia), R. tropici SEMIA 4080 (identical to PRF 81; Soil Biology & Biochemistry 39, 867-876, 2007), Sinorhizobium meliloti MSDJ0848 (INRA, France) also referred to as strain 2011 or RCR2011 (Mol. Gen. Genomics 272, 1-17, 2004; e. g. DORMAL ALFALFA from BASF Corp., USA; NITRAGIN® Gold from Novozymes Biologicals BioAg Group, Canada), Sphaerodes mycoparasitica IDAC 301008-01 (WO 2011/022809), Spodoptera littoralis nucleopolyhedrovirus (SpliNPV) (e.g. in LITTOVIR from Adermatt Biocon-trol, Switzerland), Steinernema carpocapsae (e. g. MILLENIUM® from BASF Agricultural Specialities Limited, UK), S. feltiae (NEMASHIELD® from BioWorks, Inc., USA; NEMASYS® from BASF Agricultural Specialities Limited, UK), S. kraussei L137 (NEMASYS® L from BASF Agricultural Specialities Limited, UK), Streptomyces griseoviridis K61 (e. g. MYCOSTOP® from Verdera Oy, Espoo, Finland; Crop Protection 25, 468-475, 2006), S. lydicus WYEC 108 (e. g. Actinovate® from Natural Industries, Inc., USA, US 5,403,584), S. violaceusniger YCED-9 (e. g. DT-9® from Natural Industries, Inc., USA, US 5,968,503), Talaromyces flavus V117b (e. g. PROTUS® from Prophyta, Germany), Trichoderma asperellum SKT-1 (e. g. ECO-HOPE® from Kumiai Chemical Industry Co., Ltd., Japan), T. asperellum ICC 012 (e. g. in TENET WP, REMDIER WP, BIOTEN WP from Isagro NC, USA, BIO-TAM from AgraQuest, USA), T. atro-viride LC52 (e. g. SENTINEL® from Agrimm Technologies Ltd, NZ), T. atroviride CNCM I-1237 (e. g. in Esquive WG from Agrauxine S.A., France, e. g. against pruning wound diseases on vine and plant root pathogens), T. fertile JM41 R (NRRL 50759; e. g. RICHPLUS™ from BASF Agricultural Specialities (Pty) Ltd., South Africa), T. gamsii ICC 080 (e. g. in TENET WP, REMDIER WP, BIOTEN WP from Isagro NC, USA, BIO-TAM from AgraQuest, USA), T. harzianum T-22 (e. g. PLANTSHIELD® der Firma BioWorks Inc., USA), T. harzianum TH 35 (e. g. ROOT PRO® from Mycontrol Ltd., Israel), T. harzianum T-39 (e. g. TRICHODEX® and TRICHODERMA 2000® from Mycontrol Ltd., Israel and Makhteshim Ltd., Israel), mixture of T. harzianum and T. viride (e. g. TRICHOPEL from Agrimm Technologies Ltd, NZ), T. harzianum ICC012 and T. viride ICC080 (e. g. REMEDIER® WP from Isagro Ricerca, Italy), T. polysporum and T. harzianum (e. g. BINAB® from BINAB Bio-Innovation AB, Sweden), T. stromaticum (e. g. TRICOVAB® from C.E.P.L.A.C., Brazil), T. virens GL-21 (e. g. SOILGARD® from Certis LLC, USA), T. viride (e. g. TRIECO® from Ecosense Labs. (India) Pvt. Ltd., Indien, BIO-CURE® F from T. Stanes & Co. Ltd., Indien), T. viride TV1 (e. g. T. viride TV1 from Agribiotec srl, Italy) and Ulocladium oudemansii HRU3 (e. g. in BOTRY-ZEN® from Botry-Zen Ltd, NZ).

Strains can be sourced from genetic resource and deposition centers: American Type Culture Collection, 10801 University Blvd., Manassas, VA 20110-2209, USA (strains with ATCC prefic); CABI Europe - International Mycological Institute, Bakeham Lane, Egham, Surrey, TW20 9TYNRRL, UK (strains with prefices CABI and IMI); Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures, Fungal Biodiversity Centre, Uppsalaan 8, PO Box 85167, 3508 AD Utrecht, Netherlands (strains with prefic CBS); Division of Plant Industry, CSIRO, Canberra, Australia (strains with prefix CC); Collection Nationale de Cultures de Microorganismes, Institut Pasteur, 25 rue du Docteur Roux, F-75724 PARIS Cedex 15 (strains with prefix CNCM); Leibniz-Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH, Inhoffenstraße 7 B, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany (strains with prefix DSM); International Depositary Authority of Canada Collection, Canada (strains with prefix IDAC); Interntional Collection of Micro-orgniasms from Plants, Landcare Research, Private Bag 92170, Auckland Mail Centre, Auckland 1142, New Zealand (strans with prefix ICMP); IITA, PMB 5320, Ibadan, Nigeria (straisn with prefix IITA); The National Collections of Industrial and Marine Bacteria Ltd., Torry Research Station, P.O. Box 31, 135 Abbey Road, Aberdeen, AB9 8DG, Scotland (strains with prefix NCIMB); ARS Culture Collection of the National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1815 North University Street, Peoria, Illinois 61604, USA (strains with prefix NRRL); Department of Scientific and Industrial Research Culture Collection, Applied Biochemistry Division, Palmerston North, New Zealand (strains with prefix NZP); FEPAGRO-Fundação Estadual de Pesquisa Agropecuária, Rua Gonçalves Dias, 570, Bairro Menino Deus, Porto Alegre/RS, Brazil (strains with prefix SEMIA); SARDI, Adelaide, South Australia (strains with prefix SRDI); U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Soybean and Alfalfa Research Laboratory, BARC-West, 10300 Baltimore Boulevard, Building 011, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA (strains with prefix USDA: Beltsville Rhizob. Culture Coll. Catalog March 1987 USDA-ARS ARS-30: http://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/PNAAW891.pdf); and Murdoch University, Perth, Western Australia (strains with prefix WSM). Further strains may be found at the Global catalogue of Microorganisms: http://gcm.wfcc.info/ and http://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/resources/collections/icmp and further references to strain collections and their prefixes at http://refs.wdcm.org/collections.htm.

Bacillus amyloliquefaciens ssp. plantarum MBI600 (NRRL B-50595) is deposited under accession number NRRL B-50595 with the strain designation Bacillus subtilis 1430 (and identical to NCIMB 1237). Recently, MBI 600 has been re-classified as Bacillus amyloliquefaciens ssp. plantarum based on polyphasic testing which combines classical microbiological methods relying on a mixture of traditional tools (such as culture-based methods) and molecular tools (such as genotyping and fatty acids analysis). Thus, Bacillus subtilis MBI600 (or MBI 600 or MBI-600) is identical to Bacillus amyloliquefaciens ssp. plantarum MBI600, formerly Bacillus subtilis MBI600. MBI600 is known as plant growth-promoting rice seed treatment from Int. J. Microbiol. Res. 3(2) (2011), 120-130 and further described e. g. in US 2012/0149571 A1. The strain MBI600 is e. g. commercially available as liquid formulation product INTEGRAL® (BASF Corp., USA).

Bacillus subtilis strain FB17 was originally isolated from red beet roots in North America (System. Appl. Microbiol. 27, 372-379, 2004). FB17 promotes plant health (US 2010/0260735; WO 2011/109395). B. subtilis FB17 has also been deposited at ATCC under PTA-11857 on April 26, 2011. FB17 may be referred elsewhere to as UD1022 or UD10-22.

Bacillus amyloliquefaciens AP-136 (NRRL B-50614), B. amyloliquefaciens AP-188 (NRRL B-50615), B. amyloliquefaciens AP-218 (NRRL B-50618), B. amyloliquefaciens AP-219 (NRRL B-50619), B. amyloliquefaciens AP-295 (NRRL B-50620), B. japonicum SEMIA 5079 (e. g. GELFIX 5 or ADHERE 60 from BASF Agricultural Specialties Ltd., Brazil), B. japonicum SEMIA 5080 (e. g. GELFIX 5 or ADHERE 60 from BASF Agricultural Specialties Ltd., Brazil), B. mojavensis AP-209 (NRRL B-50616), B. solisalsiAP-217 (NRRL B-50617), B. pumilus INR-7 (otherwise referred to as BU-F22 (NRRL B-50153) and BU-F33 (NRRL B-50185)), B. simplex ABU 288 (NRRL B-50340) and B. amyloliquefaciens ssp. plantarum MBI600 (NRRL B-50595) have been mentioned i. a. in US 2012/0149571, US 8,445,255, WO 2012/079073.

Jasmonic acid or salts (jasmonates) or derivatives include without limitation potassium jasmonate, sodium jasmonate, lithium jasmonate, ammonium jasmonate, dimethylammonium jasmonate, isopropylammonium jasmonate, diolammonium jasmonate, diethtriethanolammonium jasmonate, jasmonic acid methyl ester, jasmonic acid amide, jasmonic acid methylamide, jasmonic acid-L-amino acid (amide-linked) conjugates (e. g., conjugates with L-isoleucine, L-valine, L-leucine, or L-phenylalanine), 12-oxo-phytodienoic acid, coronatine, coronafacoyl-L-serine, coronafacoyl-L-threonine, methyl esters of 1-oxo-indanoyl-isoleucine, methyl esters of 1-oxo-indanoyl-leucine, coronalon (2-[(6-ethyl-1-oxo-indane-4-carbonyl)-amino]-3-methyl -pentanoic acid methyl ester), linoleic acid or derivatives thereof and cis-jasmone, or combinations of any of the above.

Humates are humic and fulvic acids extracted from a form of lignite coal and clay, known as leonardite. Humic acids are organic acids that occur in humus and other organically derived materials such as peat and certain soft coal. They have been shown to increase fertilizer efficiency in phosphate and micro-nutrient uptake by plants as well as aiding in the development of plant root systems.

According to one embodiment of the inventive mixtures, the at least one pesticide II is selected from the groups L1) to L6):

The present invention furthermore relates to agrochemical compositions comprising a mixture of (component 1) and at least one biopesticide selected from the group L) (component 2), in particular at least one further fungicidal biopesticide selected from the groups L1) and L2), as described above, and if desired at least one suitable auxiliary.

Preference is also given to mixtures comprising as pesticide II (component 2) a biopesticide from group L1), preferably selected from Bacillus amyloliquefaciens AP-136 (N RRL B-50614 and B-50330), B. amyloliquefaciens AP-188 (NRRL B-50615 and B-50331), B. amyloliquefaciens AP-218 (NRRL B-50618), B. amyloliquefaciens AP-219 (NRRL B-50619 and B-50332), B. amyloliquefaciens AP-295 (NRRL B-50620 and B-50333), B. amyloliquefaciens IT-45 (CNCM I-3800), B. amyloliquefaciens ssp. plantarum MBI600 (NRRL B-50595), B. mojavensis AP-209 (NRRL B-50616), B. pumilus INR-7 (NRRL B-50153; NRRL B-50185), B. pumilus KFP9F, B. pumilus QST 2808 (NRRL B-30087), B. pumilus GHA 181, B. simplex ABU 288 (NRRL B-50340), B. solisalsiAP-217 (NRRL B-50617), B. subtilis CX-9060, B. subtilis FB17, B. subtilis GB03, B. subtilis GB07, B. subtilis QST-713 (NRRL B-21661), B. subtilis var. amyloliquefaciens FZB24, B. subtilis var. amyloliquefaciens D747, Paenibacillus alvei NAS6G6, Paenibacillus polymyxa PKB1 (ATCC 202127), Sphaerodes mycoparasitica IDAC 301008-01 and Trichoderma fertile J M41 R; even more preferably from Bacillus amyloliquefaciens AP-136 (N RRL B-50614), B. amyloliquefaciens AP-188 (N RRL B-50615), B. amyloliquefaciens AP-218 (N RRL B-50618), B. amyloliquefaciens AP-219 (NRRL B-50619), B. amyloliquefaciens AP-295 (NRRL B-50620), B. amyloliquefaciens IT-45 (CNCM I-3800), B. amyloliquefaciens ssp. plantarum MBI600 (NRRL B-50595), B. mojavensis AP-209 (NRRL B-50616), B. pumilus INR-7 (NRRL B-50153; NRRL B-50185), B. pumilus QST 2808 (NRRL B-30087), B. simplex ABU 288 (NRRL B-50340), B. subtilis FB17, B. subtilis QST-713 (NRRL B-21661), Paenibacillus alvei NAS6G6, Sphaerodes mycoparasitica IDAC 301008-01 and Trichoderma fertile JM41R.

The present invention also relates to mixtures wherein the at least one pesticide II is selected from the following yests and fungi: Ampelomyces quisqualis, in particular strain AQ 10; Aureobasidium pullulans, in particular blastospores of strain DSM14940 or blastospores of strain DSM 14941 or mixtures thereof; Candida oleophila, in particular strains I-182 and O; Coniothyrium minitans, in particular strain CON/M/91-8; Dilophosphora alopecuri which reduces annual ryegrass toxicity (ARGT), a disease of livestock resulting from the ingestion of annual ryegrass seed-heads that have been infected by the toxin producing bacterium Rathayibacter toxicus; Gliocladium catenulatum, in particular strain J 1446; Metschnikovia fructicola, in particular strain NRRL Y-30752, Microsphaeropsis ochracea, in particular strain P130A for control of apple scab; Muscodor albus, in particular strain QST 20799, Pichia anomala, in particular strain WRL-076, Pseudozyma flocculosa, in particular strain PF-A22 UL; Pythium oligandrum, in particular strain DV74.

The present invention also relates to mixtures wherein the at least one pesticide II is selected from the fungal genus Trichoderma, preferably from the strains T. asperellum T34, T. asperellum SKT-1, T. asperellum ICC 012, T. atroviride LC52, T. atroviride CNCM I-1237, T. fertile JM41 R, T. gamsii ICC 080, T. harmatum TH 382, T. harzianum TH-35, T. harzianum T-22, T. harzianum T-39, ; mixture of T. harzianum ICC012 and T. viride ICC080; mixture of T. polysporum and T. harzianum; T. stromaticum, T. virens GL-21, T. virens G41 and T. viride TV1; in particular T. fertile JM41 R.

The present invention also relates to mixtures wherein the at least one pesticide II is selected from the fungal genus Ulocladium, in particular U. oudemansii HRU3.

Preference is also given to mixtures comprising as pesticide II (component 2) a biopesticide from group L2), preferably selected from chitosan (hydrolysate), methyl-jasmonate, cis-jasmone, laminarin, Reynoutria sachlinensis extract and tea tree oil; even more preferable from methyl jasmonate and laminarin.

Preference is also given to mixtures comprising as pesticide II (component 2) a biopesticide from group L3), preferably selected from Agrobacterium radiobacter K1026, Bacillus firmus I-1582, Bacillus thuringiensis ssp. kurstaki SB4, Beauveria bassiana GHA, B. bassiana H123, B. bassiana DSM 12256, B. bassiana PPRI 5339, Metarhizium anisopliae var. acridum IMI 330189, M. anisopliae FI-985, M. anisopliae FI-1045, M. anisopliae F52, M. anisopliae ICIPE 69, Paecilomyces lilacinus DSM 15169, P. lilacinus BCP2, Paenibacillus popilliae Dutky-1940 (NRRL B-2309 = ATCC 14706), P. popilliae KLN 3 and P. popilliae Dutky 1; even more preferably from Bacillus thuringiensis ssp. kurstaki SB4, B. bassiana DSM 12256, B. bassiana PPRI 5339, Metarhizium anisopliae var. acridum IMI 330189, M. anisopliae FI-985, M. anisopliae FI-1045, Paecilomyces lilacinus DSM 15169, P. lilacinus BCP2, Paenibacillus popilliae Dutky-1940, P. popilliae KLN 3 and P. popilliae Dutky 1.

Preference is also given to mixtures comprising as pesticide II (component 2) a biopesticide from group L4), preferably selected from methyl jasmonate, Acacia negra extract, extract of grapefruit seeds and pulp, Catnip oil, Neem oil, Quillay extract and Tagetes oil, in particular methyl jasmonate or water-based Quillay extract.

Preference is also given to mixtures comprising as pesticide II (component 2) a biopesticide from group L5), preferably selected from Azospirillum amazonense BR 11140 (SpY2T), A. brasilense XOH, A. brasilense BR 11005 (Sp245), A. brasilense BR 11002, A. lipoferum BR 11646 (Sp31), A. irakense, A. halopraeferens, Bradyrhizobium sp. (Vigna), B. japonicum USDA 3, B. japonicum USDA 31, B. japonicum USDA 76, B. japonicum USDA 110, B. japonicum USDA 121, B. japonicum TA-11, B. japonicum 532c, Glomus intraradices RTI-801, Paenibacillus alvei NAS6G6, Penicillium bilaiae, Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. phaseoli, R. I. bv. trifolii, R. I. bv. viciae, and Sinorhizobium meliloti; more preferably selected from Azospirillum brasilense BR 11005 (Sp245), Bradyrhizobium sp. (Vigna), B. japonicum USDA 3, B. japonicum USDA 31, B. japonicum USDA 76, B. japonicum USDA 110, B. japonicum USDA 121, B. japonicum TA-11, B. japonicum 532c, Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. phaseoli P1N P3Cst, R. I. bv. phaseoli RG-B10, R. I. bv. trifolii RP113-7, R. I. bv. viciae SU303, R. I. bv. viciae WSM1455, R. tropici SEMIA 4077, R. tropici SEMIA 4080 and Sinorhizobium meliloti.

References for various B. japonicum strains are given e. g. in US 7,262,151 (B. japonicum strains USDA 110 (= IITA 2121, SEMIA 5032, RCR 3427, ARS I-110, Nitragin 61A89; isolated from Glycine max in Florida in 1959, Serogroup 110; Appl Environ Microbiol 60, 940-94, 1994), USDA 31 (= Nitragin 61A164; isolated from Glycine max in Wisoconsin in 1941, USA, Serogroup 31), USDA 76 (plant passage of strain USDA 74 which has been isolated from Glycine max in California, USA, in 1956, Serogroup 76), USDA 121 (isolated from Glycine max in Ohio, USA, in 1965), USDA 3 (isolated from Glycine max in Virginia, USA, in 1914, Serogroup 6; US 7,262,151.), USDA 121 (Crop Science 26(5), 911-916, 1986) and USDA 136 (= CB 1809, SEMIA 586, Nitragin 61A136, RCR 3407; isolated from Glycine max in Beltsville, Maryland in 1961; Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 60, 940-94, 1994). Further B. japonicum strain G49 (INRA, Angers, France; C. R. Acad. Agric. Fr. 73, 163-171, 1987) is especially suitable for soybean grown in Europe, in particular in France. Further suitable B. japonicum strain TA-11 (TA11 NOD+) (NRRL B-18466) is i. a. described in US 5,021,076; Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 56, 2399-2403, 1990, and commercially available as liquid inoculant for soybean (VAULT® NP, BASF Corp., USA). Further B. japonicum strains as example for pesticide II are described in US2012/0252672A. Further suitable and especially in Canada commercially available strain 532c (The Nitragin Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, field isolate from Wisconsin; Nitragin strain collection No. 61A152; Can. J. Plant. Sci. 70, 661-666, 1990) (e. g. in RHIZOFLO, HIS-TICK, HICOAT Super from BASF Agricultural Specialties Ltd., Canada).

Preferably, B. japonicum is selected from strains TA-11 and 532c, more preferably a mixture of B. japonicum strains TA-11 and 532c is used.

Other suitable and commercially available B. japonicum strains (see e. g. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 73(8), 2635, 2007) are SEMIA 566 (isolated from North American inoculant in 1966 and used in Brazilian commercial inoculants from 1966 to 1978); SEMIA 586 (= CB 1809; originally isolated in Maryland, USA but received from Australia in 1966 and used in Brazilian inoculants in 1977); CPAC 15 (= SEMIA 5079; a natural varaiant of SEMIA 566 used in commercial inoculants since 1992); and CPAC 7 (= SEMIA 5080; a natural variant of SEMIA 586 used in commercial inoculants since 1992). These strains are especially suitable for soybean grown in Australia or South America, in particular in Brazil. In particular, mixtures of B. japonicum SEMIA 5079 and SEMIA 5080 are suitable. Some of the abovementioned strains have been reclassified as a novel species B. elkanii, e. g. strain USDA 76 (Can. J. Microbiol. 38, 501-505, 1992).

Another suitable and commercially available B. japonicum strain is E-109 (variant of strain USDA 138, see e. g. Eur. J. Soil Biol. 45, 28-35, 2009; Biol. Fertil. Soils 47, 81-89, 2011; deposited at Agriculture Collection Laboratory of the Instituto de Microbiologia y Zoologia Agncola (IMYZA), Instituto Nacional de Tecnologna Agropecuaria (INTA), Castelar, Argentina). This strain is especially suitable for soybean grown in South America, in particular in Argentina. Further suitable and commercially available B. japonicum strains are WB74 or WB74-1 (e. g. from Stimuplant CC, South Africa or from SoyGro Bio-Fertilizer Ltd, South Africa). These strains are especially suitable for soybean grown in South America and Africa, in particular in South Africa.

Suitable and commercially available B. elkanii strains are SEMIA 587 and SEMIA 5019 (=29W) (see e. g. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 73(8), 2635, 2007) and USDA 3254 and USDA 76 and USDA 94. Preferably, mixtures of B. elkanii strains SEMIA 587 and SEMIA 5019 are useful (e. g. in GELFIX 5 from BASF Agricultural Specialties Ltd., Brazil). Further commercially available B. elkanii strains are U-1301 and U-1302 (e. g. product Nitroagin® Optimize from Novozymes Bio As S.A., Brazil or NITRASEC for soybean from LAGE y Cia, Brazil). These strains are especially suitable for soybean grown in Australia or South America, in particular in Brazil.

Suitable and commercially available B. sp. (Arachis) strain is CB1015 (= IITA 1006, USDA 3446 presumably originally collected in India; from Australian Inoculants Research Group; e. g. http://www.qaseeds.com.au/inoculant_applic.php). Another suitable strain is Bradyrhizobium sp. PNL01 (BASF Corp., USA ; Bisson and Mason, April 29, 2010, Project report, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA, USA: http://www.wpi.edu/Pubs/E-project/Available/E-project-042810-163614/). These strains are especially suitable for peanut grown in Australia, North America or South America, in particular in Brazil.

Suitable and commercially available B. sp. (Arachis) strains especially for cowpea and peanut but also for soybean are strains SEMIA 6144, SEMIA 6462 (= BR 3267) and SEMIA 6464 (= BR 3262; see e. g. FEMS Microbiol. Letters 303(2), 123-131, 2010; Revista Brasileira de Ciencia do Solo 35(3), 739-742, 2011, ISSN 0100-0683).

Suitable and commercially available B. lupini strain is LL13 (isolated from Lupinus iuteus nodules from French soils; deposited at INRA, Dijon and Angers, France; http://agriculture. gouv.fr/IMG/pdf/ch20060216.pdf). This strain is especially suitable for lupins grown in Australia, North America or Europe, in particular in Europe.

Further suitable and commercially available B. lupini strains WU425 (isolated in Esperance, Western Australia from a non-Australian legume Ornithopus compressus), WSM4024 (isolated from lupins in Australia by CRS during a 2005 survey) and WSM471 (isolated from Ornithopus pinnatus in Oyster Harbour, Western Australia) are described e. g. in Palta J.A., Berger J.B. (eds), Proceed. 12th International Lupin Conference, 14-18 Sept. 2008, Fremantle, Western Australia, International Lupin Association, Canterbury, New Zealand, 47-50, ISBN 0-86476-153-8: http://www.lupins.org/pdf/conference/2008/Agronomy%20and%20Production/John%20Howieso n%20and%20G%20OHara.pdf; Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 71, 7041-7052, 2005; Australian J. Exp. Agricult. 36(1), 63-70, 1996.

Suitable and commercially available Mesorhizobium sp. strains are e. g. M. ciceri CC1192 (=UPM 848, CECT 5549; from Horticultural Research Station, Gosford, Australia; collected in Israel from Cicer arietinum nodules; Can. J. Microbiol. 48, 279-284, 2002) and Mesorhizobium sp. strains WSM1271 (collected in Sardinia, Italy, from plant host Biserrula pelecinus), WSM 1497 (collected in Mykonos, Greece, from plant host Biserrula pelecinus); M. loti CC829 (commerical inoculant for Lotus pedunculatus and L. ulginosus in Australia, isolated from L. ulginosus nodules in USA; NZP 2012), M. loti SU343 (a commercial inoculant for Lotus corniculatus in Australia; isolated from host nodules in USA). For references see e. g. Soil Biol. Biochem. 36(8), 1309-1317, 2004; Plant and Soil 348(1-2), 231-243, 2011. Preferably, M. sp. strains are M. loti CC829, in particular for treatment of Lotus pedunculatus.

Preference is also given to mixtures comprising as pesticide II (component 2) a biopesticide from group L6), preferably selected from abscisic acid, aluminium silicate (kaolin), humates, Ascophyllum nodosum (Norwegian kelp, Brown kelp) extract and Ecklonia maxima (kelp) extract.

Preference is also given to mixtures comprising as pesticide II a biopesticide selected from the isoflavones formonennitin, hesperetin and naringenin.

Accordingly, the present invention furthermore relates to compositions comprising one compound I (component 1) and one pesticide II (component 2), which pesticide II is selected from the column "Co. 2" of the lines C-1 to C-837 of Table C.

A further embodiment relates to the compositions C-1 to C-837 listed in Table C, where a row of Table C corresponds in each case to a fungicidal composition comprising as active components one of the in the present specification individualized compounds of formula I (component 1) and the respective pesticide II from groups A) to O) (component 2) stated in the row in question. Preferably, the compositions described comprise the active components in synergistically effective amounts.

The active substances referred to as component 2, their preparation and their activity e. g. against harmful fungi is known (cf.: http://www.alanwood.net/pesticides/); these substances are commercially available. The compounds described by IUPAC nomenclature, their preparation and their pesticidal activity are also known (cf. Can. J. Plant Sci. 48(6), 587-94, 1968; EP-A 141 317; EP-A 152 031; EP-A 226 917; EP-A 243 970; EP-A 256 503; EP-A 428 941; EP-A 532 022; EP-A 1 028 125; EP-A 1 035 122; EP-A 1 201 648; EP-A 1 122 244, JP 2002316902; DE 19650197; DE 10021412; DE 102005009458; US 3,296,272; US 3,325,503; WO 98/46608; WO 99/14187; WO 99/24413; WO 99/27783; WO 00/29404; WO 00/46148; WO 00/65913; WO 01/54501; WO 01/56358; WO 02/22583; WO 02/40431; WO 03/10149; WO 03/11853; WO 03/14103; WO 03/16286; WO 03/53145; WO 03/61388; WO 03/66609; WO 03/74491; WO 04/49804; WO 04/83193; WO 05/120234; WO 05/123689; WO 05/123690; WO 05/63721; WO 05/87772; WO 05/87773; WO 06/15866; WO 06/87325; WO 06/87343; WO 07/82098; WO 07/90624, WO 11/028657, WO2012/168188, WO 2007/006670, WO 2011/77514; WO13/047749, WO 10/069882, WO 13/047441, WO 03/16303, WO 09/90181, WO 13/007767, WO 13/010862, WO 13/127704, WO 13/024009, WO 13/024010 and WO 2013/047441).

The mixtures of active substances can be prepared as compositions comprising besides the active ingredients at least one inert ingredient (auxiliary) by usual means, e. g. by the means given for the compositions of compounds I.

Concerning usual ingredients of such compositions reference is made to the explanations given for the compositions containing compounds I.

The mixtures of active substances according to the present invention are suitable as fungicides, as are the compounds of formula I. They are distinguished by an outstanding effectiveness against a broad spectrum of phytopathogenic fungi, especially from the classes of the Ascomycetes, Basidiomycetes, Deuteromycetes and Peronosporomycetes (syn. Oomycetes). In addition, it is refered to the explanations regarding the fungicidal activity of the compounds and the compositions containing compounds I, respectively.

According to one embodiment, the microbial pesticides selected from groups L1), L3) and L5) embrace not only the isolated, pure cultures of the respective micro-organism as defined herein, but also its cell-free extract, its suspensions in a whole broth culture or as a metabolite-containing culture medium or a purified metabolite obtained from a whole broth culture of the microorganism or microorganism strain.

According to a further embodiment, the microbial pesticides selected from groups L1), L3 and L5) embraces not only the isolated, pure cultures of the respective micro-organism as defined herein, but also a cell-free extract thereof or at least one metabolite thereof, and/or a mutant of the respective micro-organism having all the identifying characteristics thereof and also a cell-free extract or at least one metabolite of the mutant.

As used herein, "whole culture broth" refers to a liquid culture of a microorganism containing vegetative cells and/or spores suspended in the culture medium and optionally metabolites produced by the respective microorganism.

As used herein, "culture medium", refers to a medium obtainable by culturing the microorganism in said medium, preferably a liquid broth, and remaining when cells grown in the medium are removed, e. g., the supernatant remaining when cells grown in a liquid broth are removed by centrifugation, filtration, sedimentation, or other means well known in the art; comprising e. g. metabolites produced by the respective microorganism and secreted into the culture medium. The "culture medium" sometimes also referred to as "supernatant" can be obtained e. g. by centrifugation at temperatures of about 2 to 30°C (more preferably at temperatures of 4 to 20°C) for about 10 to 60 min (more preferably about 15 to 30 min) at about 5,000 to 20,000 x g (more preferably at about 15,000 x g).

As used herein, "cell-free extract" refers to an extract of the vegetative cells, spores and/or the whole culture broth of a microorganism comprising cellular metabolites produced by the respective microorganism obtainable by cell disruption methods known in the art such as solvent-based (e. g. organic solvents such as alcohols sometimes in combination with suitable salts), temperature-based, application of shear forces, cell disruption with an ultrasonicator. The desired extract may be concentrated by conventional concentration techniques such as drying, evaporation, centrifugation or alike. Certain washing steps using organic solvents and/or water-based media may also be applied to the crude extract preferably prior to use.

As used herein, the term "metabolite" refers to any component, compound, substance or byproduct (including but not limited to small molecule secondary metabolites, polyketides, fatty acid synthase products, non-ribosomal peptides, ribosomal peptides, proteins and enzymes) produced by a microorganism (such as fungi and bacteria, in particular the strains of the invention) that has any beneficial effect as described herein such as pesticidal activity or improvement of plant growth, water use efficiency of the plant, plant health, plant appearance, or the population of beneficial microorganisms in the soil around the plant activity herein.

As used herein, "isolate" refers to a pure microbial culture separated from its natural origin, such an isolate obtained by culturing a single microbial colony. An isolate is a pure culture derived from a heterogeneous, wild population of microorganisms.

As used herein, "strain" refers to isolate or a group of isolates exhibiting phenotypic and/or genotypic traits belonging to the same lineage, distinct from those of other isolates or strains of the same species.

The term "mutant" refers a microorganism obtained by direct mutant selection but also includes microorganisms that have been further mutagenized or otherwise manipulated (e. g., via the introduction of a plasmid). Accordingly, embodiments include mutants, variants, and or derivatives of the respective microorganism, both naturally occurring and artificially induced mutants. For example, mutants may be induced by subjecting the microorganism to known mutagens, such as N-methyl-nitrosoguanidine, using conventional methods.

In the case of mixtures comprising microbial pesticides II selected from groups L1), L3) and L5), the microorganisms as used according to the invention can be cultivated continuously or discontinuously in the batch process or in the fed batch or repeated fed batch process. A review of known methods of cultivation will be found in the textbook by Chmiel (Bioprozesstechnik 1. Einfuhrung in die Bioverfahrenstechnik (Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart, 1991)) or in the textbook by Storhas (Bioreaktoren und periphere Einrichtungen (Vieweg Verlag, Braunschweig/Wiesbaden, 1994)).

When living microorganisms, such as pesticides II from groups L1), L3) and L5), form part of the compositions, such compositions can be prepared as compositions comprising besides the active ingredients at least one auxiliary (inert ingredient) by usual means (see e. g. H.D. Burges: Formulation of Micobial Biopestcides, Springer, 1998). Suitable customary types of such compositions are suspensions, dusts, powders, pastes, granules, pressings, capsules, and mixtures thereof. Examples for composition types are suspensions (e. g. SC, OD, FS), capsules (e. g. CS, ZC), pastes, pastilles, wettable powders or dusts (e. g. WP, SP, WS, DP, DS), pressings (e. g. BR, TB, DT), granules (e. g. WG, SG, GR, FG, GG, MG), insecticidal articles (e. g. LN), as well as gel formulations for the treatment of plant propagation materials such as seeds (e. g. GF). Herein, it has to be taken into account that each formulation type or choice of auxiliary should not influence the viability of the microorganism during storage of the composition and when finally applied to the soil, plant or plant propagation material. Suitable formulations are e. g. mentioned in WO 2008/002371, US 6955,912, US 5,422,107.

Examples for suitable auxiliaries are those mentioned earlier herein, wherein it must be taken care that choice and amounts of such auxiliaries should not influence the viability of the microbial pesticides in the composition. Especially for bactericides and solvents, compatibility with the respective microorganism of the respective microbial pesticide has to be taken into account. In addition, compositions with microbial pesticides may further contain stabilizers or nutrients and UV protectants. Suitable stabilzers or nutrients are e. g. alpha-tocopherol, trehalose, glutamate, potassium sorbate, various sugars like glucose, sucrose, lactose and maltodextrine (H.D. Burges: Formulation of Micobial Biopestcides, Springer, 1998). Suitable UV protectants are e. g. inorganic compouns like titan dioxide, zinc oxide and iron oxide pigments or organic compounds like benzophenones, benzotriazoles and phenyltriazines. The compositions may in addition to auxiliaries mentioned for compositions comprising compounds I herein optionally comprise 0.1 - 80% stabilizers or nutrients and 0.1-10% UV protectants.

When mixtures comprising microbial pesticides are employed in crop protection, the application rates preferably range from about 1 x 106 to 5 x 1015 (or more) CFU/ha. Preferably, the spore concentration is about 1 x 107 to about 1 x 1011 CFU/ha. In the case of (entomopathogenic) nematodes as microbial pesticides (e. g. Steinernema feltiae), the application rates preferably range inform about 1 x 105 to 1 x 1012 (or more), more preferably from 1 x 108 to 1 x 1011, even more preferably from 5 x 108 to 1 x 1010 individuals (e. g. in the form of eggs, juvenile or any other live stages, preferably in an infetive juvenile stage) per ha.

When mixtures comprising microbial pesticides are employed in seed treatment, the application rates with respect to plant propagation material preferably range from about 1 x 106 to 1 x 1012 (or more) CFU/seed. Preferably, the concentration is about 1 x 106 to about 1 x 1011 CFU/seed. In the case of the microbial pesticides II, the application rates with respect to plant propagation material also preferably range from about 1 x 107 to 1 x 1014 (or more) CFU per 100 kg of seed, preferably from 1 x 109 to about 1 x 1011 CFU per 100 kg of seed.

I. Synthesis examples Example 1 Step 1.1

To a solution of the bromide (20.0 g, 1.0 eq) in 1,4-dioxane (200 mL) were added copper(I) iodide (410 mg, 0.05 eq), sodium iodide (12.8 g, 2.0 eq), and N,N'-1,2-cyclohexanediamine (608 mg, 0.1 eq) and the mixture was warmed to reflux for 16 h. After cooling to rt, a saturated solution of NH4Cl was added and the product was extracted into EtOAc. The combined organic extracts were dried over MgSO4 and concentrated. Purification of the residual crude product over a short plug of silica gel yielded the title compound (13.0 g, 76%) as oil. HPLC: tR = 1.011 min; 1H NMR (298 K, CDCl3): δ [ppm] = 1.60 (3H), 4.30 (1 H), 4.50 (1 H), 4.65 (1 H), 7.36 (2H), 7.80 (2H), 8.05 (1H).

Example 2 (compound I-5) Step 2.1

In a similar way as detailed in step 1.1, the following compound was also prepared:

Yield: 35%; HPLC: tR = 1.132 min

Step 2.2

To a solution of the iodide from step 2.1 (200 mg, 1.0 eq) in piperidine (2 mL) and pyridine (2 mL) was added Pd(PPh3)2Cl2 (17.7 mg, 0.05 eq), CuI (4.8 mg, 0.05 eq), and 2-methylbut-1-en-3-yne (89.0 mg, 2.5 eq) successively. The reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature until HPLC indicated complete conversion before it was concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue was dissolved in MTBE and filtered over silica gel. After removal of the solvent, the crude product was purified by preparative HPLC to afford the title compound (134 mg, 86%) as oil. HPLC: tR = 1.268 min; 1H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl3): δ [ppm] = 7.90 (1 H), 7.70 (1 H), 7.35-7.20 (4H), 5.37 (1 H), 5.30 (1 H), 4.90 (1 H), 4.62 (1 H), 4.55 (1 H), 1.95 (3H), 1.00 (9H).

Example 3 Step 3.1

In a similar way as detailed in step 1.1, the following compound was also prepared:

Yield: 70%; HPLC: tR = 1.149 min

The following target compounds I.Aa were prepared according to step 2.2 above from the respective intermediates: Example No. R1 R2 R3 R5 R6 R7 HPLC** tR/min NMR I-1 CH3 H CF3 CH3 H H 1.125 I-2 C3H5 H Cl H OCH3 H 1.076 I-3 C3H5 H Cl CH3 H H 1.314 I-4 C(CH3)3 H H H OCH3 H 1.109 I-5 C(CH3)3 H H CH3 H H 1.268; 1H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl3): δ [ppm] = 7.90 (1H), 7.70 (1H), 7.35-7.20 (4H), 5.37 (1H), 5.30 (1H), 4.90 (1H), 4.62 (1H), 4.55 (1H), 1.95 (3H), 1.00 (9H). C3H5 = cyclopropyl
** :HPLC method Data:

Mobile Phase: A: Wasser + 0.1% T FA; B: acetonitrile; Gradient: 5% B to 100% B in 1.5min; Temperature: 60 °C; MS-Method: ESI positive; mass area (m/z): 100-700; Flow: 0.8ml/min to 1.0ml/min in 1.5min; Column: Kinetex XB C18 1.7µ 50 x 2.1 mm; Aparatus: Shimadzu Nexera LC-30 LCMS-2020.

 Compounds of the formula I wherein A is CH or N; R1 is C1-C6-alkyl, C2-C6-alkenyl, C2-C6-alkynyl or C3-C6-cycloalkyl;
wherein the aliphatic moieties of R1 are not further substituted or carry one, two, three or up to the maximum possible number of identical or different groups R1a which independently of one another are selected from: R1a halogen, OH, CN, C1-C4-alkoxy, C3-C6-cycloalkyl, C3-C6-halogencycloalkyl and C1-C4-halogenalkoxy;
wherein the cycloalkyl moieties of R1 are not further substituted or carry one, two, three, four, five or up to the maximum number of identical or different groups R1b which independently of one another are selected from: R1b halogen, OH, CN, C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-alkoxy, C1-C4-halogenalkyl, C3-C6-cycloalkyl, C3-C6-halogencycloalkyl and C1-C4-halogenalkoxy; R2 is hydrogen, C1-C4-alkyl, C2-C4-alkenyl or C2-C4-alkynyl;
wherein the aliphatic moieties of R2 are not further substituted or carry one, two, three or up to the maximum possible number of identical or different groups R2a which independently of one another are selected from: R2a halogen, OH, CN, C1-C4-alkoxy, C3-C6-cycloalkyl, C3-C6-halogencycloalkyl and C1-C4-halogenalkoxy; R3 is selected from hydrogen, halogen, CN, C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-alkoxy, C2-C4-alkenyl, C2-C4-alkynyl, C3-C6-cycloalkyl and S(O)p(C1-C4-alkyl), wherein each of R3 is unsubstituted or further substituted by one, two, three or four R3a; wherein R3a is independently selected from halogen, CN, OH, C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-halogenalkyl, C3-C6-cycloalkyl, C3-C6-halogencycloalkyl, C1-C4-alkoxy and C1-C4-halogenalkoxy; p is 0, 1 or 2; R5 is hydrogen, halogen, CN, C1-C6-alkyl, C1-C6-halogenalkyl, C1-C6-alkoxy, C1-C6-halogenalkoxy or C3-C6-cycloalkyl, wherein the cycloalkyl is unsubstituted (m=0) or substituted by (R4)m; R6 is hydrogen, halogen, CN, C1-C6-alkyl, C1-C6-halogenalkyl, C1-C6-alkoxy or C1-C6-halogenalkoxy; R7 is hydrogen, halogen, CN, C1-C6-alkyl, C1-C6-halogenalkyl, C1-C6-alkoxy, C1-C6-halogenalkoxy or C3-C6-cycloalkyl, wherein the cycloalkyl is unsubstituted (m=0) or substituted by (R4)m; or R6 and R7 together with the carbon atom to which they are bound form a C3-C6-cycloalkyl, that is unsubstituted or substituted by (R8)n;
wherein m is 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5; R4 is in each case independently selected from halogen, CN, NO2, OH, SH, C1-C6-alkyl, C1-C6-alkoxy, C2-C6-alkenyl, C2-C6-alkynyl and C3-C6-cycloalkyl, wherein each of R4 is unsubstituted or further substituted by one, two, three or four R4a wherein R4a is independently selected from halogen; n is 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5; R8 is in each case independently selected from the substituents as defined for R4; wherein each of R8 is unsubstituted or further substituted by one, two, three or four R8a that is in each case independently selected from the substituents as defined for R4a; and the N-oxides and the agriculturally acceptable salts thereof. The compounds of claim 1, wherein A is N. The compounds of claim 1 or 2, wherein R5 is hydrogen. The compounds of claim 1 or 2, wherein R5 is selected from halogen, C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-halogenalkyl and C1-C4-alkoxy. The compounds of any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein R6 is hydrogen. The compounds of any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein R6 is selected from halogen, C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-halogenalkyl and C1-C4-alkoxy. The compounds of any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein R7 is hydrogen. The compounds of any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein R7 is selected from halogen, C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-halogenalkyl and C1-C4-alkoxy. The compounds of any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein R2 is hydrogen. The compounds of any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein R3 is H, F, Cl, Br, CN, C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-halogenalkyl, C1-C4-alkoxy or S(C1-C4-alkyl). A composition, comprising one compound of formula I, as defined in any of the claims 1 to 10, an N-oxide or an agriculturally acceptable salt thereof. The composition according to claim 11, comprising additionally a further active substance. A use of a compound of the formula I, as defined in any of the claims 1 to 11, and/or of an agriculturally acceptable salt thereof or of the compositions, as defined in any of the claims 11 or 12, for combating phytopathogenic fungi. A method for combating phytopathogenic fungi, comprising treating the fungi or the materials, plants, the soil or seeds to be protected against fungal attack with an effective amount of at least one compound of formula I, as defined in any of the claims 1 to 10 or with a composition, as defined in any of the claims 11 or 12. Seed, coated with at least one compound of the formula I, as defined in any of the claims 1 to 10, and/or an agriculturally acceptable salt thereof or with a composition, as defined in any of the claims 11 or 12, in an amount of from 0.1 to 10 kg per 100 kg of seed. 0000077106-3EP15168574.0BASF SEMN20150817C07DA01NGB2145717ASANDOZ LTD19850403X1-15* claims 1-18 *WO2013144224A1SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS AG [CH]20131003A1-15* claims 1-11 *Sotoca Usina, EMunich20150806GB2145717A19850403AT389800B19900125AU575847B219880811AU3254484A19850307BE900411A119850225BR8404366A19850730CA1247110A19881220CH661727A519870814DE3430833A119850321DK416284A19850302EG17181A19941030ES8707190A119871001FR2551438A119850308GB2145717A19850403IE58037B119930616IL72816A19880429IT1199181B19881230JPH06757B219940105JPS6089477A19850520NL8402548A19850401TR22423A19870518US4609668A19860902WO2013144224A120131003NONE REFERENCES CITED IN THE DESCRIPTION

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